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Checked out
Series
Publication
Cambridge University Press (1976), Paperback, 112 pages
Description
A vivid account of the everyday life of the lady, the townswoman, the peasant & the nun in the Middle Ages. Heavily illustrated with drawings from contemporary manuscripts & works of art.
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LibraryThing member Priory
Throughout her career as a medieval historian, Eileen Power was engaged on a book about women in the Middle Ages. She did not live to write the book but some of the material she collected found its way into her popular lectures on medieval women. These lectures were brought together and edited by
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M. M. Postan. They reveal the world in which women lived, were educated, worked and worshipped. Power gives a vivid account of the worlds of the lady, the peasant, the townswoman and the nun. The result is a historical yet intimate picture of a period gone by yet with resonances for today. An intimate portrait of the writer and social historian, by Maxine Berg, is also included. Show Less
LibraryThing member Medievalgirl
Read most of this short but informative book last year- Medieval women certainly did a whole lot more than just be locked in towers and stay at home having children.
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Original publication date
1975
Physical description
112 p.
ISBN
0521099463 / 9780521099462