A Small Sound of the Trumpet: Women in Medieval Life

Labarge, Margaret Wade

ISBN 10: 080705626X / ISBN 13: 9780807056264

Published by Beacon Press, Boston, Mass., 1986

About this Item

First printing of the trade paperback edition. 271 p. with index and bibliographical references. Black and white illustrations. Interior intact, binding is sound. Front cover illustrated with miniature-like scenes and curlicues. Research covers the "feudal societies of England, France, the Low Countries and Southern Germany". Looks at the daily life of "queens and noblewomen, nuns, mystics, peasants, prostitutes and felons." Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 000353

Bibliographic Details

Title: A Small Sound of the Trumpet: Women in ...

Publisher: Beacon Press, Boston, Mass.

Publication Date: 1986

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: 1st Ed.

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Boston 1986-lst Beacon. 271p. Index. Photo illus. Fine.

From Library Journal:

This excellent synthesis of contemporary literature explores the activities of women at all social levels in France, England, the Low Countries, and Germany between 1100 and 1500: queens and noble ladies; nuns, recluses, and mystics; businesswomen and women on the land; nurses; prostitutes and women involved in various kinds of crime, including witchcraft. Emphasis is on the actual texture of their lives. While medieval theologians and lawyers stressed women's legal and intellectual inferiority and necessary subjection, the reality was quite different. Among the hundreds of women discussed, Labarge gives special and deserved attention to the mystic/writer Hildegard of Bingen and the influential writer Christine de Pizan. The general reader and advanced student will value this graciously written, thoughtful, and imaginatively illustrated work. Bennett D. Hill, St. Anselm's Abbey, Washington, D.C.
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