Introduction: Sources for the History of Medieval Women Linda E. Mitchell Part I:Women in Medieval Society: Introduction 1: Powerful Allies and Dangerous Adversaries: Noblewomen in Medieval Society Amy Livingstone 2: Women in Medieval Urban Society Barbara A. Hanawalt and Anna Dronzek 3. So Strategize: The Demands in the Day of the Peasant Woman in Medieval Europe Madonna J. Hettinger 4. Medieval Jewish Women Judith R. Baskin 5. Women in Byzantine Society Angeliki E. Laiou 6. Women in Medieval Islamic Society Jonathan Berkey Part II: Women and Law in the Middle Ages: Introduction 7. Common Law for Margery: Separate But Not Equal Janet S. Loengard 8. Women and Law in France and Italy Kathryn Reyerson aand Thomas Kuehn 9. Women and Medieval Canon Law Linda E. Mitchell Part III: Women and the Medieval Political World: Introduction 10. Women and Politics in the Byzantine Empire: Imperial Women Liz James and Barbara Hill 11. Medieval Queenship Janet L. Nelson 12. Noblewomen and Political Activity Christine Owens 13. Women and Politics in the Medieval Urban Milieu Louis Haas Part IV: Economics and Work in the Medieval Urban World: Introduction 14. Working Women in the Medieval City Benjamin R. McRee amd Trisha K. Dent 15. Urban Women, Investment, and the Commercial Revolution of the Middle Ages Mark Anegelos Part V: Women and Medieval Christianity: Introduction 16: Nuns and Other Religious: Women and Christianity in the Middle Ages Janice Racien Norris 17. Witches, Saints, and Other 'Others': Women and Deviance in Medieval Culture Elspeth Whitney Part VI: Women and Medieval Culture: Literature and Art: Introduction 18. Women's Representation in Male-Authored Works of the Middle Ages Louise Mirrer 19. Sounding Trumpets, Chords of Light, and Little Knives: Medieval Women Writers Kathatina M. Wilson and Glenda McLeod 20. Approaching Medieval Women Through Art Christine Havice