Women in medieval Europe, 1200-1500
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Women in medieval Europe, 1200-1500
（The Longman history of European women）
Longman, 2002
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
"An imprint of Pearson Education"
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The conventional view of women in medieval Europe was one of submissiveness and obedience. But as this book shows, such a bland and generalised picture ignores great areas of female experience. Jennifer Ward compares and contrasts the lives and experiences of women across Europe, including examples from Spain, Scandinavia and Eastern Europe as well as the France, Germany, Italy and England. Looking at all the major themes in women's history for this period - female saints, marriage, the arts, the family, women and their relationship with popular religion, work, power - this synthesis of recent research explores the experiences of medieval women across Europe in all their diversity.
Table of Contents
Preface Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Upbringing
2. Marriage
3. Women and Family
4. The House and Household
5. Women and Work: Domestic Service, Farming, Trade and the Crafts
6. Women and Work: Medical Care, Nursing and Prostitution
7. Women and Power: Noblewomen and Queens
8. Laywomen and the Arts
9. Religious Life: Nuns and Nunneries
10. Religious Life: Beguines, Penitents and Recluses
11. Mystics and Saints
12. Laywomen and Charity
13. Lay Beliefs and Religious Practice
14. Women, Heresy and Witchcraft
Conclusion
Further Reading
Notes
Index
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