Unlike most histories of European women, which have typically focused on the 19th and 20th century elite, this study reconstructs the public lives of peasant wo

Unlike most histories of European women, which have typically focused on the 19th and 20th century elite, this study reconstructs the public lives of peasant wo

Power in medieval society has traditionally been ascribed to figures of public authority--violent knights and conflicting sovereigns who altered the surface of

Written primarily for undergraduates, this book weighs the evidence for and against the various theories relating to the position of women at different time per

Medieval women faced many of the problems of their modern counterparts in bringing up their families, balancing family and work, and responding to the demands o