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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... male guardians . In many medieval jurisdictions , indeed , they were regarded as the property of men , and any threat or injury to women was expected to be pursued by their male guardians . Their theoretical status under the law , in ...
... male mystics and writers of devotional material often focused primarily on their own experiences . That is , rather ... male - authored texts too . The male writer of the thirteenth - century Ancrene Wisse , for instance , claimed to ...
... male author , Geoffrey Chaucer , similarly makes the point that women did not necessarily interpret stories in the same way as men . In the prologue to the Wife of Bath's Tale , part of the Canterbury Tales , the Wife notes that male ...
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Medieval Women | 1 |
Women and Religion | 27 |
Women and Work | 59 |
Copyright | |
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