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Author |
: Judith M. Bennett |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press on Demand |
Total Pages |
: 322 |
Release |
: 1989 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0195045610 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780195045611 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Synopsis Women in the Medieval English Countryside by : Judith M. Bennett
Unlike most histories of European women, which have typically focused on the 19th and 20th century elite, this study reconstructs the public lives of peasant women and men during the six decades before the Black Death of 1348-49. Drawing on the extensive records of the forest manor of Brigstock, Judith Bennett challenges the myth of a "golden age" of equality for medieval men and women. Instead, she ably shows that women faced profound political, legal, economic, and social disadvantages in their dealings with men. These disadvantages stemmed more from women's household status as dependents of their husbands than from any notion of female inferiority; consequently, adolescents and widows participated much more actively than wives in the public life of Brigstock. Women in the Medieval English Countryside demonstrates not only how enduring the subordination of women has been throughout English history, but also how firmly that subordination has been rooted in the conjugal household.
Author |
: Judith M. Bennett |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 338 |
Release |
: 1987-03-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780198021131 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0198021135 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (31 Downloads) |
Synopsis Women in the Medieval English Countryside by : Judith M. Bennett
Unlike most histories of European women, which have typically focused on the 19th and 20th century elite, this study reconstructs the public lives of peasant women and men during the six decades before the Black Death of 1348-49. Drawing on the extensive records of the forest manor of Brigstock, Judith Bennett challenges the myth of a "golden age" of equality for medieval men and women. Instead, she ably shows that women faced profound political, legal, economic, and social disadvantages in their dealings with men. These disadvantages stemmed more from women's household status as dependents of their husbands than from any notion of female inferiority; consequently, adolescents and widows participated much more actively than wives in the public life of Brigstock. Women in the Medieval English Countryside demonstrates not only how enduring the subordination of women has been throughout English history, but also how firmly that subordination has been rooted in the conjugal household.
Author |
: Mavis E. Mate |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 132 |
Release |
: 1999-08-19 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0521587336 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780521587334 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (36 Downloads) |
Synopsis Women in Medieval English Society by : Mavis E. Mate
Written primarily for undergraduates, this book weighs the evidence for and against the various theories relating to the position of women at different time periods. Professor Mate examines the major issues deciding the position of women in medieval English society, asking questions such as, did women enjoy a rough equality in the Anglo-Saxon period that they subsequently lost? Did queens at certain periods exercise real political clout or was their power limited to questions of patronage? Did women's participation in the economy grant them considerable independence and allow them to postpone or delay marriage? Professor Mate also demonstrates that class, as well as gender, was very important in determining age at marriage and opportunities for power and influence. Although some women at certain times did make short-term gains, Professor Mate challenges the dominant view that major transformations in women's position occurred in the century after the Black Death.
Author |
: Mary Erler |
Publisher |
: University of Georgia Press |
Total Pages |
: 293 |
Release |
: 1988 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780820323817 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0820323810 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Synopsis Women and Power in the Middle Ages by : Mary Erler
Power in medieval society has traditionally been ascribed to figures of public authority--violent knights and conflicting sovereigns who altered the surface of civic life through the exercise of law and force. The wives and consorts of these powerful men have generally been viewed as decorative attendants, while common women were presumed to have had no power or consequence. Reassessing the conventional definition of power that has shaped such portrayals, Women and Power in the Middle Ages reveals the varied manifestations of female power in the medieval household and community--from the cultural power wielded by the wives of Venetian patriarchs to the economic power of English peasant women and the religious power of female saints. Among the specific topics addresses are Griselda's manipulation of silence as power in Chaucer's "The Clerk's Tale"; the extensive networks of influence devised by Lady Honor Lisle; and the role of medieval women book owners as arbiters of lay piety and ambassadors of culture. In every case, the essays seek to transcend simple polarities of public and private, male and female, in order to provide a more realistic analysis of the workings of power in feudal society.
Author |
: Rebecca Holdorph |
Publisher |
: Pen and Sword History |
Total Pages |
: 332 |
Release |
: 2022-04-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781526739827 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1526739828 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (27 Downloads) |
Synopsis Women in the Medieval Court by : Rebecca Holdorph
A surprising look at women who wielded power in medieval Europe, from queens to concubines to abbesses. Medieval society might expect the elite women who decorated its courts to play the role of Queen Guinevere, but many of these women had very different ideas. Great queens, who sometimes ruled in their own right, fought wars and forged empires. Noblewomen acted behind the scenes to change the course of politics. Far from cloistered off from the world, powerful abbesses played the role of kingmaker. And concubines had a role to play as well, both as political actors and as mothers of children who might change a country’s destiny. They experienced tremendous success and dramatic downfalls. This book tells the stories of women from across medieval Europe, from a Danish queen who waged political war to form a Scandinavian empire to a Tuscan countess who joined her troops on the battlefield. Whether they wielded power in battle, from a convent, or from a throne—or even in the bedchamber—these women were far from damsels in distress waiting for their knights in shining armor.
Author |
: Jennifer Ward |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 331 |
Release |
: 2014-06-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781317888598 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1317888596 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Synopsis Women in Medieval Europe by : Jennifer Ward
Women in Medieval Europe were expected to be submissive, but such a broad picture ignores great areas of female experience. Between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries, women are found in the workplace as well as the home, and some women were numbered among the key rulers, saints and mystics of the medieval world. Opportunities and activities changed over time, and by 1500 the world of work was becoming increasingly restricted for women. Women of all social groups were primarily engaged with their families, looking after husband and children, and running the household. Patterns of work varied geographically. In the northern towns, women engaged in a wide range of crafts, with a small number becoming entrepreneurs. Many of the poor made a living as servants and labourers. Prostitution flourished in many medieval towns. Some women turned to the religious life, and here opportunities burgeoned in the thirteenth century. The Middle Ages are not remote from the twenty-first century; the lives of medieval women evoke a response today. The medieval mother faced similar problems to her modern counterpart. The sheer variety of women’s experience in the later Middle Ages is fully brought out in this book.
Author |
: Jennifer Ward |
Publisher |
: A&C Black |
Total Pages |
: 302 |
Release |
: 2006-10-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780826419859 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0826419852 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (59 Downloads) |
Synopsis Women in England in the Middle Ages by : Jennifer Ward
Medieval women faced many of the problems of their modern counterparts in bringing up their families, balancing family and work, and responding to the demands of their communities. Of many women in the period of a thousand years before 1500 we know little or nothing, though their typical ways of life, on farms or in the towns, can be reconstructed with accuracy from a variety of sources. We know more about a far smaller number of elite women, including queens such as Eleanor of Aquitaine and Margaret of Anjou; noblewomen, whose characters and attitudes can be sensed directly or indirectly; and a variety of religious women. Literary sources help flesh out real attitudes, such as those of Chaucer's Wife of Bath. Jennifer Ward shows the life-cycle of medieval women, from birth, via marriage and child-rearing, to widowhood and death. She also brings out the slow changes in the position of women over a millennium.
Author |
: Helen M. Jewell |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 230 |
Release |
: 1996 |
ISBN-10 |
: UVA:X004007697 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (97 Downloads) |
Synopsis Women in Medieval England by : Helen M. Jewell
Studies the roles and lives of different classes of women in medieval England. After a background chapter on women before 1100, coverage includes women in the countryside, women in urban communities, women of the landholding class, and women and religion, with details in areas such as education, crime, prostitution, marriage, and work. Distributed by St. Martin's Press. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author |
: Christopher Dyer |
Publisher |
: A&C Black |
Total Pages |
: 353 |
Release |
: 2001-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780826419828 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0826419828 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (28 Downloads) |
Synopsis Everyday Life in Medieval England by : Christopher Dyer
Everyday Life in Medieval England captures the day-to-day experience of people in the middle ages - the houses and settlements in which they lived, the food they ate, their getting and spending - and their social relationships. The picture that emerges is of great variety, of constant change, of movement and of enterprise. Many people were downtrodden and miserably poor, but they struggled against their circumstances, resisting oppressive authorities, to build their own way of life and to improve their material conditions. The ordinary men and women of the middle ages appear throughout. Everyday life in Medieval England is an outstanding contribution to both national and local history.
Author |
: Kim M. Philips |
Publisher |
: Manchester University Press |
Total Pages |
: 268 |
Release |
: 2003-06-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 071905964X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780719059643 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (4X Downloads) |
Synopsis Medieval Maidens by : Kim M. Philips
The medieval landscape, as viewed through the eyes of scholars, was hardly populated by women. Particularly, young unmarried women or "maidens" have been paid little attention. This book aims to fill that gap by examining the meaning, experiences and voices of young womanhood. The life-phase of “adolescence” was different for maidens than for young men, and as such merits study in its own right. At the same time a study of young womanhood provides insights into ideals of feminine gender roles and identities at different social levels.