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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... Late Middle Ages Historians used to believe that the late Middle Ages ( c . 1300-1500 ) saw a reversal of this trend and that women in the late Middle Ages occupied something of a " golden age . " Recent research , however , has largely ...
... late teens were not always thought of as fully mature . In northern and western Europe , couples were typically closer in age , both being in their late teens to mid - twenties . Some research has suggested that women living in towns ...
... Late Medieval England . Ithaca : Cornell University Press , 1997 . Winston - Allen , Anne . Convent Chronicles : Women Writing about Women and Reform in the Late Middle Ages . University Park , PA : Pennsylvania State University Press ...
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Medieval Women | 1 |
Women and Religion | 27 |
Women and Work | 59 |
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