Myths about Medieval Women: Regents and Troubadours, Pirates and Heretics
19.99 €
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Myths about Medieval Women: Regents and Troubadours, Pirates and Heretics
19.99 €
This book restores women's place in medieval history—not as silent companions of men, but as participants in high politics, religious authorities, housewives, rebels, and heroines of their own stories. Medievalist historian Anastasia Palamarchuk shows how women's destinies unfolded in a world where clan, marriage, and status determined almost everything.
The Middle Ages are often seen as a "masculine" time—a time of wars, kings, and monk-chroniclers. But behind fortress walls, at monastery gates, in city markets, and even on the decks of pirate ships, there were women without whom this era simply would not have been possible.
On this fascinating journey into the world of medieval women, you will glimpse the lives of wives and mothers whose daily lives were inseparable from their clan's reputation, as well as the "invisible" peasant women, townswomen, and those who gained influence beyond the walls of churches. Meet the women who ruled kingdoms, negotiated, and held onto power while men went off to the Crusades. The author debunks outdated myths like the "right of the first night" and vividly describes the Middle Ages as they really were—dangerous, beautiful, and surprisingly feminine.
The Middle Ages are often seen as a "masculine" time—a time of wars, kings, and monk-chroniclers. But behind fortress walls, at monastery gates, in city markets, and even on the decks of pirate ships, there were women without whom this era simply would not have been possible.
On this fascinating journey into the world of medieval women, you will glimpse the lives of wives and mothers whose daily lives were inseparable from their clan's reputation, as well as the "invisible" peasant women, townswomen, and those who gained influence beyond the walls of churches. Meet the women who ruled kingdoms, negotiated, and held onto power while men went off to the Crusades. The author debunks outdated myths like the "right of the first night" and vividly describes the Middle Ages as they really were—dangerous, beautiful, and surprisingly feminine.
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