This Palgrave Pivot provides the first ever comprehensive consideration of the part played by women in the workings and business of the English Parliament in th
Medieval women faced many of the problems of their modern counterparts in bringing up their families, balancing family and work, and responding to the demands o
"Through an examination of Alice's "Household Book," and using other extant contemporary sources, the author has been able to illuminate the experiences of medi
Studies the roles and lives of different classes of women in medieval England. After a background chapter on women before 1100, coverage includes women in the c