The Fourth Estate
A History of Women in the Middle Ages
Nonfiction, History, Medieval, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies, Women&
| Author: | Shulamith Shahar | ISBN: | 9781134394203 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | December 16, 2003 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | Shulamith Shahar |
| ISBN: | 9781134394203 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | December 16, 2003 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
Did women really constitute a `fourth estate' in medieval society and, if so, in what sense? In this wide-ranging study Shulamith Shahar considers this and the whole question of the varying attitudes to women and their status in western Europe between the twelfth and the fifteenth centuries.
Did women really constitute a `fourth estate' in medieval society and, if so, in what sense? In this wide-ranging study Shulamith Shahar considers this and the whole question of the varying attitudes to women and their status in western Europe between the twelfth and the fifteenth centuries.
