MEDIEVAL WOMEN looks at 1000 years of English history ,as it affected-and was made by-women. Henrietta Leyser considers the problems and attitudes fundamental to every woman of the time:medieval views on sex,marriage and motherhood;the world of work and the experience of widowhood for peasant,townswoman and aristocat.The intellectual and spiritual worlds of medieval women are also explored. Based on an abundance of research from the last 25 years,MEDIEVAL WOMEN celebrates the diversity and vitality of English women's ...
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MEDIEVAL WOMEN looks at 1000 years of English history ,as it affected-and was made by-women. Henrietta Leyser considers the problems and attitudes fundamental to every woman of the time:medieval views on sex,marriage and motherhood;the world of work and the experience of widowhood for peasant,townswoman and aristocat.The intellectual and spiritual worlds of medieval women are also explored. Based on an abundance of research from the last 25 years,MEDIEVAL WOMEN celebrates the diversity and vitality of English women's lives in the Middle Ages. 'MEDIEVAL WOMEN is the best history book I've read for years,full of stories and surprises and written with gentle elegance from enormous knowledge' SUE GAISFORD-Independent
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FINE. Just a trace of corner rubbing o/w an excellent copy, fine condition---London: Phoenix Giant 1996, large format trade paperback, 337pp, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2.
