Womankind in western Europe : from the earliest times to the seventeenth century / by Thomas Wright
1869, First Edition. London : Groombridge and Sons. Poor copy in the original gilt decorated cloth; wear and tear to the spine bands as with age. Text remains in fine condition and without blemish. Item #294591
Physical description; 4 preliminary leaves, [vii]-xii, 340 pages : color frontispiece, illustrations, color plates. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Contents; Woman in Gaul and Britain under the Celt and the Roman -- The women of Teutonic mythology and romance -- The Franks in Gaul -- The Anglo-Saxon woman -- Boniface and his fair correspondents : the Anglo-Saxon nuns -- Transition to the feudal period : domestic life in the castle : the Anglo-Normans -- Condition and costume of women in the twelfth century -- The women of feudal romance : Bertha and Parise -- Provence, its poetry and the courts of love -- The Romance of the rose -- Womankind in the feudal castle : woman's position in the household : chivalry, the relations of the sexes, love -- Womankind in the feudal castle : woman's amusements : the gardens of the castle, pet animals -- Womankind in the feudal castle : the feudal lady of the castle : walking, riding, and driving -- Womankind in the feudal castle : hunting and hawking -- Womankind in the feudal castle : woman's beauty and woman's dress -- Womankind outside the feudal castle : the town and country : pastoral life -- Literature among women of the feudal period : Marie de France and Christine de Pisan -- The transition from feudalism : the beginning of the sixteenth century : Louis XII and Henry VIII -- The social movement of the sixteenth century in France : the female costume -- How Englishwomen looked in the days of Queen Elizabeth -- Continuation of the Elizabethan Age to that of Charles I. Subjects; Women Europe History. Women Europe History Middle Ages, (500-1500). Women History. Women Social conditions. Women History Europe. Europe. Women History Europe. Women Social history. (1865-1869) Books.
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