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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... father's reign Birth of Eleanor of Aquitaine , sponsor of poets , queen of France , queen of England , and a force to be reckoned with Death of the recluse Frau Ava , the first woman known by name to have composed in German Birth of St ...
... father's house . She found herself terribly homesick , however , and wrote her un- sympathetic father repeated letters begging him to let her come home.13 Along with this movement outside the family household - whether willing or ...
... father died in 1377 , Maria's authority was seriously undermined by disputes be- tween Sicilian and Catalonian nobles . Maria was captured by relatives from her father's side of the family and forced to marry her nephew , Martin the ...
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Medieval Women | 1 |
Women and Religion | 27 |
Women and Work | 59 |
Copyright | |
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