"A welcome and useful introduction to the study of medieval women."--Speculum "In addition to suggesting new lines of scholarly investigation, the essays in Women in Medieval Society] make a contribution to the teaching of women's history."--American Historical Review "The book is a good example of the benefits to be derived from the new interest in women's studies. . . . New information emerges because new questions have been asked."--Signs Early medieval women exercised public roles, rights, and responsibilities. Women contributed through their labor to the...

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Argues that the origins of courtliness lie in the German courts, their courtier class, and the education for court service in the tenth and eleventh centuries.

""Beautifully written. . . . A fascinating introduction to an area of medieval literacy still replete with nationalistic tensions.""--Speculum ""Calls for a wider acceptance of the idea that medieval Western culture was influenced more widely by Arab

The Performance of Self Ritual, Clothing, and Identity During the Hundred Years War Susan Crane "Suggestive and thought-provoking."--Modern Philology "Crane builds a strong basis for discussion of a kind of privileged late medieval secularism. The materials she studies are remarkable not only for the striking collocations she produces but for their own inherent fascination, and it is good to have attention directed to them in so focused and timely a way. It is particularly refreshing to have a study of elite activity that is neither idealizing nor reproving."--David Lawton, Washington...