Women's Lives in Medieval Europe: A Sourcebook

Book Overview

Praise for the first edition: 'It is difficult to imagine another book in which one could find all this diverse material, and no doubt Amt's collection, in its richness, and in its genuine clarity and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415906288
• ISBN13: 9780415906289
• Release Date: December 1992
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Entertaining, great sources

The author put together a wide variety of primary sources, some commonly featured in other books on the subject and some I have not seen anywhere else. She did a good job picking readings that give a glimpse of the real people and how they lived, rather than the stilted, emotionless things I'm used to in medieval writings.

Great primary source of medieval women's history.

Hear it from the women themselves. This book explains the multitude of jobs women did in the Middle Ages, inside and outside of the home. Having perceived the Middle Ages as a time of little opportunity, I was surprised at the 'opportunities' some women were afforded.