How to Survive as a Woman in the Middle Ages. Eve's Curse, the Sin of Eyebrow Plucking, and Saving Abstinence
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How to Survive as a Woman in the Middle Ages. Eve's Curse, the Sin of Eyebrow Plucking, and Saving Abstinence
19.99 €
How did women in the Middle Ages live – in cities, villages and high castles? What did men want them to be and what were they really like?
Conflicting demands haunted medieval women throughout their lives. Women were expected to be beautiful, but they were not supposed to do anything to achieve it. They were expected to be pious, but they were considered hopelessly wicked by nature. They were expected to keep the home, bear children and work hard. Women were to blame for all the disasters – from the Fall of Eve to the Flood and the Black Death. How did they cope with all this? Historian Eleanor Yanega tells about the outstanding women of that time and others, less well-known, whose stories are hidden in documents and court cases. Farmers, brewers, craftswomen and artists – they changed the idea of women's nature, intelligence and abilities.
Conflicting demands haunted medieval women throughout their lives. Women were expected to be beautiful, but they were not supposed to do anything to achieve it. They were expected to be pious, but they were considered hopelessly wicked by nature. They were expected to keep the home, bear children and work hard. Women were to blame for all the disasters – from the Fall of Eve to the Flood and the Black Death. How did they cope with all this? Historian Eleanor Yanega tells about the outstanding women of that time and others, less well-known, whose stories are hidden in documents and court cases. Farmers, brewers, craftswomen and artists – they changed the idea of women's nature, intelligence and abilities.
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