The Lady In Medieval England 1000-1500

by Peter R. Coss

Book Overview

A study of the role of the lady in 11th and 12th century society, how she related to predominant male culture, interacted with gentlemen, and suffered at the hands of rogues of her own class. The text... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0905778367
• ISBN13: 9780905778365
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Wrens Park Publishing
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Excellent overview of the real institution of "ladyship"

This excellent book is best read as a pair with his previous, equally good _The Knight in Medieval England_ (1996). A knight must have a lady, but while many books have been written about medieval women, few have focused on the knight's female counterpart in society. Again, emphasis is on the aristocracy, since that's where the records are, though Coss depends heavily on surviving letters and contemporary literature as well as household accounts, and he even employs such sources as monumental effigies and brasses. Both books are stimulating studies with many examples drawn from noble families of the period.