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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 aristocrat. The intellectual and spiritual worlds of medieval women are also explored.

MEDIEVAL WOMEN celebrates the diversity and vitality of English women's lives in the Middle Ages.

Medieval Women: Social History Of Women In

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      Publisher Orion Publishing Co
      Published 1 September 2005
      ISBN-13 9781842126219
      978-1842126219
      ISBN-10 1842126210
      Also in:
      History History: specific events and topics Politics, Philosophy & Society Gender studies: women and girls

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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 aristocrat. The intellectual and spiritual worlds of medieval women are also explored.

      MEDIEVAL WOMEN celebrates the diversity and vitality of English women's lives in the Middle Ages.

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