Women's lives in medieval Europe : a sourcebook /
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| Imprint: | New York : Routledge, 1993. |
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| Description: | ix, 347 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1380172 |
Table of Contents:
- I. The Heritage of Ideas: Christian Belief, Roman Ideals, and Germanic Custom. A. Christian Belief. 1. The Bible: Adam and Eve (1st Millennium B.C.). 2. The Bible: Model Women in the Gospels (1st c. A.D.). 3. The Bible: Epistles of St. Paul (1st c. A.D.). 4. St. Jerome: Virginity and Marriage (4th c. A.D.). 5. St. Augustine of Hippo: On Marriage and Concupiscence (423 A.D.). B. Roman Ideals. 6. Funeral Eulogy of Tuna (1st c. B.C.). 7. Seneca: Letter to His Mother (1st c. A.D.). 8. Laws of the Roman Empire (3rd-6th c. A.D.). C. Germanic Custom. 9. Tacitus: The Germans (98 A.D.). 10. Laws of the Salian Franks (6th c. A.D.). 11. Laws of the Burgundians (5th-6th c. A.D.)
- II. Conditions of Life: Law, Marriage, and Health and Safety. A. Law. 12. Norman Laws (Early 13th c.). 13. Laws of Sicily (1231). 14. Spanish Laws (13th c.). 15. Customs of Magdeburg (13th c.). 16. London Records: Crimes and Punishments (14th c.). 17. Sumptuary Laws (13th-14th c.). B. Marriage. 18. Gratian: Canon Law on Marriage (12th c.). 19. Liturgy for the Marriage Service (11th-16th c.). 20. The Book of Vices and Virtues: Blessings of Marriage (13th-14th c.). 21. Holy Maidenhood: A Debate on Marriage (13th c.). C. Health and Safety. 22. Simeon of Durham: Accounts of Warfare (11th c.). 23. Liturgy for Mothers (11th-16th c.). 24. Trotula of Salerno: The Diseases of Women (11th-13th c.). 25. University of Paris Records: Case of a Woman Physician (1322). 26. London Records: Sanitary Conditions (14th c.). 27. Royal Proclamation: Exclusion of Lepers (1346). 28. Boccaccio: The Plague in Florence (1348)
- III. The Noble Life. 29. Gregory of Tours: The Story of Ingitrude and Berthegund (6th c.). 30. Dhuoda: Manual for Her Son (841-43). 31. Anglo-Saxon Wills (10th-11th c.). 32. The Life of Christina of Markyate: Christina's Rebellion (12th c.). 33. Autobiography of Guibert de Nogent: Life of His Mother (11th-12th c.). 34. Alexander Neckham: A Country House (12th c.). 35. Matilda of Stickney: Land Grants (ca. 1170-98). 36. The Roll of Ladies and Boys and Girls (1185). 37. Cristina Corner: Petition for Exemption from Sumptuary Laws (15th c.). 38. Leonor Lopez de Cordoba: Autobiography (14th-15th c.). 39. Christine de Pisan: Advice to Noblewomen (1405). 40. Household Accounts of Dame Alice de Bryene (1412-13). 41. The Paston Family: Letters (15th c.). 42. A Manor House: Ightham Mote (ca. 1340)
- IV. The Working Life: Agricultural, Domestic, and Commercial. A. Agricultural and Domestic. 43. Gregory of Tours: Frankish Working Women (6th c.). 44. Carolingian Laws: Women's Work on Royal Estates (Late 8th c.). 45. Freeing of a Serf (1050). 46. Descriptions of Maidservants' Work (12th-13th c.). 47. Survey of Alwalton: Obligations of Peasants (1279). 48. Manorial Court Rolls (14th c.). 49. Coroners' Rolls: Violent Incidents (13th-14th c.). 50. Peasant Dwellings. B. Commercial. 51. Parisian Guild Regulations (13th c.). 52. Alexander Neckham: Descriptions of Crafts (12th c.). 53. Lawsuit: Women Moneylenders (1281). 54. Infractions of Commercial Regulations (13th-14th c.). 55. Business Contracts (14th-15th c.). 56. Guardians' Accounts: Raising Girls (14th c.). 57. London Prostitutes (14th c.). 58. Carpenter's Specifications: A Town House (1308). 59. A Town Building
- V. The Religious Life. 60. Church Council Decrees (5th-7th c.). 61. Caesarius of Arles: Rule for Nuns (ca. 512-534). 62. Simeon of Durham: Segregated Churches (7th-11th c.). 63. Hildegard of Bingen: Letter to Her Nuns (12th c.). 64. The Rule of St. Clare (1253). 65. Eudes of Rouen: Visitations of Nunneries (13th c.). 66. The Ancrene Riwle (13th c.). 67. Description of the Beguines of Ghent (1328). 68. The Book of Margery Kempe: Pilgrimage to the Holy Land (15th c.). 69. Plans of Religious Communities (12th-13th c.)
- VI. Outsiders: Jewish, Muslim, and Heretic Women. A. Jewish Women. 70. Hebrew Chronicles: Massacres of Jews during the First Crusade (1096). 71. Maimonides: The Book of Women (12th c.). 72. Judah Asheri: Family History (13th-14th c.). 73. Eleazar of Mainz: Moral Instruction for His Family (14th c.). 74. Jewish Sumptuary Laws (15th c.). 75. A Marital Question: An Innkeeper's Wife Leaves Home (ca. 1470). B. Muslim Women. 76. The Koran (7th c.). 77. Rules for Muslim Government: Exclusion of Women (11th c.). 78. Market Regulations at Seville (12th c.). C. Heretic Women. 79. Descriptions of Heretics: Waldensian Women's Activities (13th c.). 80. Inquisition Records of Jacques Fournier: Life of a Cathar Woman (1320)
- VII. Manual for a Wife. 81. The Householder of Paris: Manual for His Wife (ca. 1392).
