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Author: Peter R. Coss
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Published: 2000-04
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9780811728485
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFocuses on the lady's role in medieval society, how she was perceived both by herself and by her male counterparts, and how she participated in the prevailing male culture of gentility.
Author: Emilie Amt
Publisher:
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781442600065
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis anthology brings together medieval documents and narratives illustrative of the political, social, economic, and cultural history of England during the Middle Ages. Authors and subjects included are both secular and clerical, male and female, mighty and low. Along with classic texts, such as the Domesday Book and Magna Carta, the collection also contains materials on less frequently addressed topics, such as the persecution of Jews, and the writings of a number of women, such as Margery of Kempe and Queen Isabella of Angoul?me.
Author: Barbara Watterson
Publisher: Sutton Publishing
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780750919135
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis text presents a reign-by-reign history of ancient Egypt from the prehistoric period to the conquest of Alexander the Great in 332 BC. Each chapter deals with culture, religion, art and literature, as well as social conditions and political developments.
Author: Caroline Dunn
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 275
ISBN-13: 1107017009
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first comprehensive exploration of women's multifaceted experiences of forced and consensual ravishment in medieval England.
Author: Frances Gies
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780064640374
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCorrecting the omissions of traditional history, this is "a reliable survey of the real and varied roles played by women in the medieval period. . . . Highly recommended."--"Choice" Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Author: Gwen Seabourne
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2021-04-06
Total Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 1134775903
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book examines the view of women held by medieval common lawyers and legislators, and considers medieval women’s treatment by and participation in the processes of the common law. Surveying a wide range of points of contact between women and the common law, from their appearance (or not) in statutes, through their participation (or not) as witnesses, to their treatment as complainants or defendants, it argues for closer consideration of women within the standard narratives of classical legal history, and for re-examination of some previous conclusions on the relationship between women and the common law. It will appeal to scholars and students of medieval history, as well as those interested in legal history, gender studies and the history of women.
Author: Emilie Amt
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2018-01-02
Total Pages: 448
ISBN-13: 1442634650
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe new edition of Medieval England, 500-1500, edited by Emilie Amt and Katherine Allen Smith, spans several centuries in 102 documents that present the social and political history of England. The documents include constitutional highlights and records such as the Magna Carta and Froissart's Chronicles, as well as narrative sources describing the lived experiences of a range of historical actors. These narratives fit into thematic clusters covering topics such as the Anglo-Saxon monarchy, lay piety, later medieval commercial life, queenship, and Jewish communities. Thirty-nine new sources discuss significant events like the conquest of Wales, the Gregorian mission, and the Viking invasions. They also allow for multiple examples of particular genres, such as wills and miracle collections, to facilitate comparative analysis. Introductions and questions situate each source in the historical landscape and facilitate engagement with the text, inspiring readers to delve into the medieval past. The book also features 40 illustrations, a map, and an index of topics. Additional resources, including essay questions, web resources, and a timeline, can be found on the History Matters website (www.utphistorymatters.com).
Author: Liz Herbert McAvoy
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2015-12-26
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 0230360025
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume focuses on women's literary history in Britain between 700 and 1500. It brings to the fore a wide range of women's literary activity undertaken in Latin, Welsh and Anglo-Norman alongside that of the English vernacular, demanding a rethinking of the traditions of literary history, and ultimately the concept of 'writing' itself.
Author: Emilie Amt
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-09-13
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 1134720602
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPraise for the first edition: 'It is difficult to imagine another book in which one could find all this diverse material, and no doubt Amt's collection, in its richness, and in its genuine clarity and simplicity will takes prominent place in our expanded, diversified medieval curriculum, a curriculum that takes class, gender, and ethnicity as central to an understanding of world cultural history.' - The Medieval Review Long considered to be a definitive and truly groundbreaking collection of sources, Women’s Lives in Medieval Europe uniquely presents the everyday lives and experiences of women in the Middle Ages. This indispensible text has now been thoroughly updated and expanded to reflect new research, and includes previously unavailable source material. This new edition includes expanded sections on marriage and sexuality, and on peasant women and townswomen, as well as a new section on women and the law. There are brief introductions both to the period and to the individual documents, study questions to accompany each reading, a glossary of terms and a fully updated bibliography. Working within a multi-cultural framework, the book focuses not just on the Christian majority, but also present material about women in minority groups in Europe, such as Jews, Muslims, and those considered to be heretics. Incorporating both the laws, regulations and religious texts that shaped the way women lived their lives, and personal narratives by and about medieval women, the book is unique in examining women’s lives through the lens of daily activities, and in doing so as far as possible through the voices of women themselves.
Author: Jennifer Ward
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2006-10-12
Total Pages: 303
ISBN-13: 0826419852
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMedieval 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.
