Through public and private records, letters, laws and archaeological evidence, this book describes the everyday lives of women in medieval Europe. Using women's own voices where possible, the collection focuses on ordinary women of all ranks.
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Emilie Amt is the Hildegarde Pilgram Professor of History at Hood College in Maryland, where she studies medieval religious women and twelfth- and thirteenth-century English government. Her books include Medieval England 1000- 1500: A Reader (2000), and The Accession of Henry II in England: Royal Government Restored, 1149-1159 (1993).
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Emilie Amt is a medieval historian specializing in the experience of religious women and in twelfth- and thirteenth-century English government, finance, and war. She teaches history at Hood College in Frederick, Maryland. Her interest in history began at the age of fourteen, when she read Josephine Tey's classic murder mystery The Daughter of Time. She earned her B.A. at Swarthmore College and her doctorate at Oxford University.
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Great primary source of medieval women's history.,
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This review is from: Women's Lives in Medieval Europe: A Sourcebook (Paperback)
Hear it from the women themselves. This book explains the multitude of jobs women did in the Middle Ages, inside and outside of the home. Having perceived the Middle Ages as a time of little opportunity, I was surprised at the 'opportunities' some women were afforded.
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Entertaining, great sources,
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The author put together a wide variety of primary sources, some commonly featured in other books on the subject and some I have not seen anywhere else. She did a good job picking readings that give a glimpse of the real people and how they lived, rather than the stilted, emotionless things I'm used to in medieval writings.
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let the abbess, worshipful husband, thirty solidi, fifteen solidi, twelve solidi, black loaves, three solidi, aforesaid penalty, perpetual alms, city aforesaid, suburbs thereof, white herrings, white loaves, lady aunt Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Lord God, Jesus Christ, Middle Ages, New York, Oxford University Press, Henry Thomas Riley, Virgin Mary, Dame Agnes the Beguine, Mary Magdalene, Friars Minor, Great Barford, Gregory of Tours, Holy Ghost, King Edward, Alexander Neckham, Almighty God, Bernard Lewis, Simeon of Durham, Son of God, William Childyong, Christ Jesus, Conditions of Life, Geoffrey Brito, Harvard University Press, John Lytelton New!
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- A History of the Franks (Penguin Classics) by Gregory of Tours on page 121, page 179, and Back Matter
- Medieval Women (Studies in Church History. Subsidia, 1) by Derek Baker on page 206, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Daily Living in the Twelfth Century: Based on the Observations of Alexander Neckam in London and Paris by Alexander Neckam on page 181, page 198, and Back Matter
- The Treasure of the City of Ladies (Penguin Classics) by Christine de Pizan on page 163, and Back Matter
- Medieval Women (Canto) by Eileen Power in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- The Wayward Nun of Amherst: Emily Dickinson and Medieval Mystical Women (Studies in Major Literary Authors) by Angela Conrad on page 54, page 136, and Back Matter
- A History of the Wife by Marilyn Yalom in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Women Out of Bounds by Jane Robinson in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Medieval Gentlewoman: Life in a Gentry Household in the Later Middle Ages by fiona Swabey in Back Flap
- Atlas of Medieval Europe by David Ditchburn in Back Flap
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