The fourth estate : a history of women in the Middle Ages / / Shulamith Shahar ; translated by Chaya Galai
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| Autore: | Shahar Shulamith |
| Titolo: | The fourth estate : a history of women in the Middle Ages / / Shulamith Shahar ; translated by Chaya Galai |
| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2003 |
| Edizione: | 2nd ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (390 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 305.40902 |
| 305.420940902 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Women - Europe - History - Middle Ages, 600-1500 |
| Soggetto geografico: | Europe History 476-1492 |
| Note generali: | Translation of: Die Frau im Mittelalter. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Did 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. |
| ISBN: | 1-134-39420-9 |
| 1-138-13546-1 | |
| 0-203-42639-8 | |
| 1-134-39421-7 | |
| 1-280-02492-5 | |
| 9780203426395 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9911137012103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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