This is an accounting of significant women who lived in the
medieval era, their lives, their men, their accomplishments and their trials.
All but one (Joan of Arc) are noble. The author has divided them into the
following categories:
The Medieval Ideal
Heroines in Religion
The Medieval Mistress
Scandalous Heroines
The Disinherited Heroines
The Pawns
Captive Heroines
Warrior Heroines
Women who Ruled
True Love
Literary Heroines
The Survivors
As a result, the book is not chronological, nor the women
listed by country or even century. However, there is an index of names which
can assist your locating a particular woman who might be included. It’s a
scholarly work, well-researched and complete with references and notes.
A great addition to the library of anyone interested in
women of this era. It is not, however, written so as to engage the emotions
overmuch.
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