02427nam 2200649Ia 450 991113701210332120251116173448.01-134-39420-91-138-13546-10-203-42639-81-134-39421-71-280-02492-5978020342639510.4324/9780203426395 (CKB)1000000000254710(EBL)181941(OCoLC)437084788(SSID)ssj0000296782(PQKBManifestationID)11245364(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000296782(PQKBWorkID)10326746(PQKB)10130925(MiAaPQ)EBC181941(Au-PeEL)EBL181941(CaPaEBR)ebr10099911(CaONFJC)MIL2492(OCoLC)54353078(FlBoTFG)9780203426395(EXLCZ)99100000000025471019830701d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe fourth estate a history of women in the Middle Ages /Shulamith Shahar ; translated by Chaya Galai2nd ed.London ;New York Routledge20031 online resource (390 p.)Translation of: Die Frau im Mittelalter.0-203-44570-8 0-415-30851-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.The Fourth EstateA history of women in the Middle Ages; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Foreword; 1 Introduction; 2 Public and Legal Rights; 3 Nuns; 4 Married Women; 5 Women in the Nobility; 6 Townswomen; 7 Women in the Peasantry; 8 Witches and the Heretical Movements; Notes; IndexDid women really constitute a `fourth estate' in medieval society and, if so, in what sense? In this wide-ranging study Shulamith Shahar considers this and the whole question of the varying attitudes to women and their status in western Europe between the twelfth and the fifteenth centuries.WomenEuropeHistoryMiddle Ages, 600-1500EuropeHistory476-1492WomenHistory305.40902305.420940902Shahar ShulamithMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911137012103321UNINA