Until his untimely death in 1991, David Herlihy, Professor of History at Brown University, was one of the most prolific and best-known American historians of th

What was the status of women in the Middle Ages? How have women fared in the hands of historians? And, what is the current state of research about women in the

Status and gender are two closely associated concepts within medieval society, which tended to view both notions as binary: elite or low status, married or sing

Woman's status in historical perspective. p. 273.

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