5/21/2023 0 Comments Medieval Women by Henrietta Leyser![]() That women married later after 1350 because of improved employment Leyser synthesizes recent research in many disciplines, includingĪrchaeology, literature, history of medicine, anthropology, and history,Įvaluating the findings critically P.J.P. Get around their disadvantages and even make them work for them. Women's position was often precarious, they stress how women could ![]() Most importantly, both explore the question of women and power, andĭemonstrate the complexity of the Issue. Make valuable points about the role of religion in women's lives. Queenship, are examined in more detail in Power of the Weak. Her focus is England, but the Issues raised have Those less familiar with medieval women will find Leyser's work anĮxcellent introduction. Of the Weak, with its more specialized essays, carries on the bestĭespite their different aims, the books complement each other. Lively and engaging text is accompanied by well-chosen illustrations andĪn excellent collection of lengthy extracts from primary sources. Should become the recommended textbook on medieval Englishwomen. Henrietta Leyser's Medieval Women meets that need it Now at a stage where syntheses of the last decades of research are These two books are testimony to the vitality of medieval field is ![]() ![]()
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