Medieval Women (Canto) - Softcover

Power, Eileen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521595568 ISBN 13: 9780521595568

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1997

Synopsis

Throughout her career as a medieval historian, Eileen Power was engaged on a book about women in the Middle Ages. She did not live to write the book but some of the material she collected found its way into her popular lectures on medieval women. These lectures are now brought together, edited by M.M. Postan, and reveal the world in which women lived, were educated, worked, and worshipped. Power gives a vivid account of the worlds of the lady, the peasant, the townswoman, and the nun. The result is a historical yet intimate picture of a period gone by yet with resonances for today. For this edition, an essay on Eileen Power, by Maxine Berg, is also included. It offers an intimate portrait of the writer and social historian.

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Book Description:

Throughout her career as a medieval historian, Eileen Power was engaged on a book on women in the Middle Ages. She did not live to write the book but some of the material she collected found its way into popular lectures on medieval women. These lectures are now brought together and reveal the world in which women lived, were educated, worked, and worshipped. For this edition, an essay on Eileen Power, by Maxine Berg, is also included, offering an intimate portrait of the writer and social historian.

Review:

'A delightful book, beautifully illustrated with over 40 illustrations. It provides insights into some of the historical contingencies that have been responsible for moulding subsequent images of women.' The Times Educational Supplement

'Agreeably written, but formidably incisive.' New Statesman & Society

'The book, elegantly produced and lavishly illustrated, may be warmly commended to the historian and general reader alike.' British Book News

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0521595568
• ISBN 13: 9780521595568
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 136