Poet, mystic, widow, wife : the extraordinary lives of medieval women
Howes, Hetta, 1990-2024
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A spectacular, vivid, groundbreaking work of history which takes us into the minds and lives of medieval women. What was life really like for women in the medieval period? How did they think about sex, death and God? Could they live independent lives? And how can we hear the stories of women from this period?
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Author:
Howes, Hetta, 1990-, author
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury Continuum, 2024.
Collation:
xxii, 298 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9781399408738 (hbk)
Dewey class:
809.89287809.89
LC class:
PN682.W6
Language:
English
Subject:
Marie, de France, active 12th centuryJulian, of Norwich, 1343-Christine, de Pisan, approximately 1364-approximately 1431Kempe, Margery, approximately 1373-Literature, Medieval -- Women authors -- BiographyBiographyLiterature, Medieval -- Women authorsWomen and literature -- Europe -- History -- To 1500Women -- Europe -- History -- Middle Ages, 500-1500Literature
BRN:
4018571
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