Women in the Middle Ages
- Author / Editor
- Lucas, Angela M.
Women in the Middle Ages
- Published
- New York: St. Martin's Press, 1983.
- Physical Description
- 187 pp.
- Description
- This book surveys the status, activities, and contributions of medieval women in such medieval documents as wills and charters; in treatises on theological, philosophical, and medical topics; in devotional literature such as sermons and homilies; and in creative literature produced by, for, or about women.
- The study focuses primarily on Englishwomen who lived during the Middle Ages from approximately the fifth to the fifteenth century, with many additional references to women of continental Europe, and explores the role of women in three areas of activity: marriage, religion, and letters.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism.