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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454102103321

Autore

Ward Jennifer C.

Titolo

Women in England in the Middle Ages / / Jennifer Ward

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Hambledon Continuum, , 2006

©2006

ISBN

1-282-30972-2

9786612309724

0-8264-1985-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (302 p.)

Disciplina

305.409420902

942

Soggetti

Women - History - Middle Ages, 500-1500

Women - England - History

Electronic books.

England Social conditions 1066-1485

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Illustrations; Preface; 1 Women's Worlds; 2 Marriage; 3 Wives and Mothers; 4 Widows; 5 Work; 6 Noblewomen; 7 Queens; 8 Religious Women; 9 Charity and Lay Religion; 10 Death; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Women in England in the Middle Ages looks at 'all sorts and conditions' of women from c .500 to c. 1500 A.D., concentrating on common experiences over their life-cycle, as daughters, wives and mothers, and the contrasts derived from their position in the social hierarchy. Most women lived out their lives in their own village or town, but queens and noblewomen exercised power and patronage locally and at the royal court. Religion played a significant part in women's lives; some became nuns and abbesses, while the majority were involved in their own parish and community. Inevitably, women's live