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Author:   Belle S. Tuten
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Greenwood Press
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781440872341

ISBN 10:   1440872341
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   23 August 2022
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   Primary & secondary/elementary & high school ,  College/higher education ,  Educational: Primary & Secondary ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Introduction Chronology 1. MARRIAGE AND SEXUALITY Late Antique and Early Medieval Marriage Roman Marriage Germanic Marriage Age at First Marriage The Christian Influence on Early Medieval Marriage Sex in Marriage—Fourth Through Eleventh Centuries Concubinage and Polygyny High Medieval Marriage and Sexuality Sex in Marriage—Twelfth to Fifteenth Centuries Positive and Negative Views of Sex Positive and Negative Views of Marriage and Women Jewish Marriage and Sexuality Rape and Sexual Violence Domestic Abuse Conclusion 2. CHILDBIRTH, CHILD REARING, AND THE LIFE CYCLE Understanding the Female Body Pregnancy Childbirth Birth Attendants and Midwives Contraception, Abortion, and Infanticide Illegitimacy and Abandonment The Ages of Man Stages of Life: The Family Stages of Life: Infancy Stages of Life: Adolescence Stages of Life: Adulthood Stages of Life: Widowhood Stages of Life: Old Age Stages of Life: A Good Death Conclusion 3. WORKING WOMEN Living and Working in the Countryside: Serfs and Peasants Everyday Food Upper-Class Food and Feasts Cloth Production Town Work in the Middle Ages Creating and Transmitting Knowledge: Book Production Caregiving and Healing Conclusion 4. NOBLE WOMEN Marriages and Children Dowry, Dower, and Inheritance Royal Power and Regency Conduct of an Aristocratic Lady: Ideals Daily Life for Upper-Class Women Leisure Time Conclusion 5. RELIGION AND THE CHURCH Daily Religious Practice Finances and Endowments New and Reformed Religious Orders Lay Piety and Beguinage Mysticism Joan of Arc: Saint or Heretic? Conclusion 6. WOMEN ON THE OUTSKIRTS Crimes and Incarceration Sexual Transgressions Women and Religious Heresy Magic and Witchcraft Conclusion 7. WOMEN IN THEIR OWN WORDS Brunhilda (Sixth Century CE) Baudonivia (ca. 600 CE) Dhuoda (Ninth Century) Hrosvitha of Gandersheim (ca. 935–ca. 973) Wynflaed, Wulfwaru, and Wulfgyth (Tenth to Eleventh Centuries) Wallada bint al-Mustakfi (d. ca. 1091 CE) Constance of Angers (Late Eleventh to Early Twelfth Centuries) Trota of Salerno (Twelfth Century) Qasmuna bint Isma'il ibn Bagdalah (Twelfth Century) Héloïse of Argenteuil (ca. 1100–1164) Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179) Herrad of Hohenburg (ca. 1130–1195) Clemence of Barking (Late Twelfth Century) The Trobairitz (Twelfth to Thirteenth Centuries) Marie de France (Fl. Twelfth Century) Marguerite Porete (d. 1310) Julian of Norwich (ca. 1343–ca. 1416) Christine de Pisan (1364–1430) Catherine Benincasa of Siena (1347–1380) Margery Kempe (1373–ca. 1439) Bartolomea Riccoboni (ca. 1369–1440) Helene Kottanner (ca. 1400–after 1470) The Paston Women (Fifteenth Century) Conclusion Primary Document A: Héloïse to Abelard, Letter 4, ca. 1132 Primary Document B: Catherine of Siena, Dialogue of the Seraphic Virgin, ca. 1370 Primary Document C: Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love, ca. 1410 Primary Document D: Margaret Paston, The Marriage of Margery Paston, 1469 Primary Document E: Margery Kempe, Excerpt from The Book of Margery Kempe, 1521 Glossary Bibliography Index

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A particularly useful tool for instructors of introductory courses. Recommended. * Choice *

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Belle S. Tuten, PhD, is Charles A. Dana Professor of History at Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA.

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