Medieval Women
Medieval Women by Michelle Rosenberg, published by Pen & Sword Books Limited on September 30, 2024, is a 160-page exploration of remarkable women from the medieval era. This book reveals a diverse array of figures, from well-known personalities like Lady Godiva and Joan of Arc to lesser-known individuals such as Crusader Queens and Jewish businesswomen. It presents a rich historical tapestry that highlights the lives and contributions of women often overlooked in mainstream narratives.
Readers will find meticulously researched accounts that span significant historical events, including the fall of the Roman Empire and the Black Death. The text delves into the lives of women who demonstrated resilience and achievement in a time when societal norms often relegated them to subordinate roles. By weaving together these stories, the book offers insights into the extraordinary lives of women whose experiences have shaped history, while also reflecting on the many untold stories that remain lost to time.
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Reveals extraordinary medieval women, from famous figures to forgotten Jewish businesswomen, Crusader Queens, mystics, and more, offering a rich historical tapestry.
A jewel of a book, this latest release from one of Pen & Sword’s women historians, contains a treasure trove of medieval dramatis personae, from the more mainstream figures such as Lady Godiva and Joan of Arc to the lesser known Crusader Queens and mystics. For the first time together, we meet two elusive Jewish medieval business women, one of whom was imprisoned in the Tower of London and the other who was likely one of the richest women in the world.
Meticulously researched and clearly showing the author’s keen eye for detail, this latest offering from Michelle Rosenberg builds on her reputation for bringing back to life women often forgotten from mainstream history. Relatively new figures include the elusive Virdimura of Sicily, and Julian of Norwich.
The medieval period saw life expectancy at around 33 years old, with the vast majority of women unable to read or write.
This text weaves together a rich and broad historic tapestry of women’s stories from the fall of the Roman Empire, the invasion of the Vikings, the First Crusade, Hundred Years War and Black Death.
It offers an intriguing insight into medieval women whose lives were deemed outstanding enough, (whether through exemplary religious conduct, queenly, consort or intellectual accomplishment or scandal), by their contemporaries, to record.
Their ability to endure, thrive and survive during a time when most women were subordinate to the men in their lives, makes them extraordinary; it also makes the loss of so many other missing stories so acute and tantalizing for what our collective history has been deprived of.
Only imagine what richness of tales we might have had, should more women’s lives have been better recorded for posterity.
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