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Medieval Women (Canto)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 305.40902
EAN: 9780521595568
ISBN: 0521595568
Label: Cambridge University Press
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 132
Publication Date: October 13, 1997
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Studio: Cambridge University Press
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Editorial Review:
Throughout her career as a medieval historian, Eileen Power was engaged on a book about women in the Middle Ages. She did not live to write the book but some of the material she collected found its way into her popular lectures on medieval women. These lectures are now brought together, edited by M.M. Postan, and reveal the world in which women lived, were educated, worked, and worshipped. Power gives a vivid account of the worlds of the lady, the peasant, the townswoman, and the nun. The result is a historical yet intimate picture of a period gone by yet with resonances for today. For this edition, an essay on Eileen Power, by Maxine Berg, is also included. It offers an intimate portrait of the writer and social historian.
Throughout her career as a medieval historian, Eileen Power was engaged on a book on women in the Middle Ages. She did not live to write the book but some of the material she collected found its way into popular lectures on medieval women. These lectures are now brought together and reveal the world in which women lived, were educated, worked, and worshipped. For this edition, an essay on Eileen Power, by Maxine Berg, is also included, offering an intimate portrait of the writer and social historian.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Excellent
As an Historian, I found Ms. Power's book to be enlightening. She has managed to capture the true day-to-day existence of women in this time period, without falling into the mire of Courtly Love. Her use of records is inovative as are the truths she draws from the records. All in all one of the better books written on the subject.
Rating: - nicely done
I found this book to be very nicely done. As my hobby is historical re-creation, I have found that many books about medieval women are very textbookish in style, and frequently BORING!!! Medieval Women is written in a very easy to read, conversational style. This book had short, simple chapters with rich documentation of everything that the author said. This book also has some great illustrations from the period which enrich the text and make this short piece quite a page-turner.
Rating:  - Interesting.
A good starting point for those with interest in the high Medieval Ages and womens place in society.I thought the passages on education and guilds were interesting, as was the little said on courtly love.
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