Women in England in the Middle Ages (e-bog) af Jennifer Ward, Ward
Jennifer Ward, Ward (forfatter)

Women in England in the Middle Ages e-bog

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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 kno...
E-bog 583,01 DKK
Forfattere Jennifer Ward, Ward (forfatter)
Udgivet 12 oktober 2006
Længde 302 sider
Genrer 1DBKE
Sprog English
Format pdf
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9780826419859
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.