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Young Medieval Women

Katherine J. Lewis

3.6/5 ( ratings)

This study is based on the premise that the category of "woman" is too broad and needs to be broken down. It is only when other variables are introduced, refining the field of enquiry, that the historian is able to gain a real insight into the lives and experiences of medieval people. This is a collection of interdisciplinary essays, each of which takes an individual approach to young women or the notion of "youth" as a stage of women's lives in late medieval Europe. Topics covered include prostitution, Joan of Arc, a new interpretation of the representation of young women in the Malterer Embroidery, rape in medieval literature, queenmaking during the Wars of the Roses, female wardship, virgin martyrs and maidenhood as the "perfect age" of a women's life.

Language: English

Pages: 224

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Sutton Publishing

Release: February 18, 1999

ISBN: 0750915862

ISBN 13: 9780750915861

Young Medieval Women

Katherine J. Lewis

3.6/5 ( ratings)

This study is based on the premise that the category of "woman" is too broad and needs to be broken down. It is only when other variables are introduced, refining the field of enquiry, that the historian is able to gain a real insight into the lives and experiences of medieval people. This is a collection of interdisciplinary essays, each of which takes an individual approach to young women or the notion of "youth" as a stage of women's lives in late medieval Europe. Topics covered include prostitution, Joan of Arc, a new interpretation of the representation of young women in the Malterer Embroidery, rape in medieval literature, queenmaking during the Wars of the Roses, female wardship, virgin martyrs and maidenhood as the "perfect age" of a women's life.

Language: English

Pages: 224

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Sutton Publishing

Release: February 18, 1999

ISBN: 0750915862

ISBN 13: 9780750915861

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