Subject: Women -- History -- Middle Ages, 500-1500 (Keywords)

BBC historian Janina Ramirez has uncovered countless influential women's names struck out of historical records, with the word 'FEMINA' annotated beside them. Male gatekeepers of the past ordered books to be burnt, artworks to be destroyed, and new versions of myths, legends and historical docume...

BBC historian Janina Ramirez has uncovered countless influential women's names struck out of historical records, with the word 'FEMINA' annotated beside them. Male gatekeepers of the past ordered books to be burnt, artworks to be destroyed, and new versions of myths, legends and historical docume...

BBC historian Janina Ramirez has uncovered countless influential women's names struck out of historical records, with the word 'FEMINA' annotated beside them. Male gatekeepers of the past ordered books to be burnt, artworks to be destroyed, and new versions of myths, legends and historical docume...

This text concentrates on the role of the lady within medieval society, how she related to the seemingly prevailing male culture of gentility and how lords and ladies related to each other.

This textbook helps the reader to understand how the Medieval/Reformation world fitted together and provides a survey of western women's activities and experiences during that time frame.

Women's lives during the Middle Ages varied between countries as much as they do nowadays. Uncovering new information Jennifer Ward's study makes us realise how the medieval mother faced similar problems to her modern counterpart.

Using a great many illustrations, this book provides an account of the life of women in towns during the Middle Ages, from 1100 to 1500. With evidence drawn from many sources throughout Europe, the author overturns many preconceptions about the place of women in society at the time.