Opera Muliebria, the medieval Latin term for "women’s labors," is the first comprehensive survey of women’s participation in economic activities throughout Europe from ancient times to about 1500. Herlihy illustrates how medieval women lived and worked, and how their lives were transformed as the Middle Ages ended. He traces the dramatic change in their participation in productive enterprise to the establishment of guild monopolies and reveals that the virtual confinement of women’s labors to work within the home was not an ancient arrangement, but rather the heritage of the late Middle Ages.
Covering the entire continent of Europe for over a millennium of its history, Herlihy’s work contributes to a better understanding not only of medieval women but of the entire social world of the Middle Ages.
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