Did women really constitute a fourth estate in medieval society and, if so, in what sense? In this wide-ranging study Shulamith Shahar considers this and the wider question of varying attitudes to women and their status in Western Europe between the 12th and the 15th centuries. She draws a cohesive picture of women in a range of situations: as nuns and married women, peasants and noblewomen, townswomen and women involved in heretical movements and witchcraft. In her new introduction to the second edition, Shahar revisits the context in which The Fourth Estate was first conceived and looks at...
Did women really constitute a fourth estate in medieval society and, if so, in what sense? In this wide-ranging study Shulamith Shahar considers this ...
The social realities of old age have undergone profound changes since the middle ages. This study shows, however, that the images, attitudes and expectations of old people have changed for less.
Shulamith Shahar shows how the status and social participation of the elderly varied according to gender, social stratum, economic resources, position, level of functioning, and personality, as well as according to regional custom.
The book offers a broad cultural history of old age in medieval western Europe. Shahar examines the images, attitudes and advocated norms used in...
The social realities of old age have undergone profound changes since the middle ages. This study shows, however, that the images, attitudes and ex...
Agnes and Huguette were two Waldensian women who were interrogated by the inquisitional court of Pamiers, in southern France, in 1319 and subsequently burnt at the stake for their heretical beliefs. Shahar uses the records of their inquisition as a basis for an examination of the Waldensian sect's attitude towards its women members, and their role within the sect, comparing their lives with women in the Catholic church and in other sects. She finds that in a persecuted voluntary group such as the Waldensians, gender was largely immaterial, subordinate to the fervent religious commitment of...
Agnes and Huguette were two Waldensian women who were interrogated by the inquisitional court of Pamiers, in southern France, in 1319 and subsequently...
Did women really constitute a fourth estate' in medieval society and, if so, in what sense? In this wide-ranging study Shulamith Shahar considers this and the whole question of the varying attitudes to women and their status in western Europe between the twelfth and the fifteenth centuries.
Did women really constitute a fourth estate' in medieval society and, if so, in what sense? In this wide-ranging study Shulamith Shahar considers this...
Drawing on a wide variety of European sources, Childhood in the Middle Ages (1992) examines attitudes towards children, images of childhood, and the concept of the stages of childhood in medieval culture, from the nobility to the peasantry.
Drawing on a wide variety of European sources, Childhood in the Middle Ages (1992) examines attitudes towards children, images of childhood, and the c...
