Women's Roles in the Middle AgesInformation about women in this truly fascinating period from 500 to 1500 is in great demand and has been a challenge for historians to uncover. Bardsley has mined a wide range of primary sources, from noblewomen's writing, court rolls, chivalric literature, laws and legal documents, to archeology and artwork. This fresh survey provides readers with an excellent understanding of how women high and low fared in terms of religion, work, family, law, culture, and politics and public life. Even though medieval women were divided by social class, religion, age, marital status, place and period, they were all subject to an overarching patriarchal structure and sometimes could transcend their inferior status. Numerous examples of these exceptional women and their words are included. |
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... served as patrons for 9. In addition , they founded 4 of the 10 new religious houses during this era . One example of a female patron is that of Theodora Raoulaina , niece of one of the Byzantine Emperors . During her widowhood ...
... served as a source of both income and occupation for cloistered nuns . Nuns also turned to the copying and illustration of manuscripts as a source of income . Diemud of Wessobrun , a German nun of the eleventh to twelfth centuries , was ...
... served as a so - called pledge for another woman or for a man in a manorial or borough court ( see chapter 4 for ... served as pledges in the thousands of cases recorded in surviving court records between 1287 and 1348. At least 14 of ...
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Women and Religion | 27 |
Women and Work | 59 |
Women and the Family | 91 |
Copyright | |
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