Heroines of the Medieval World Bennett Connolly SharonPaperback
Heroines of the Medieval World Bennett Connolly SharonPaperback These are the stories of women, famous, infamous and unknown, who shaped the course of medieval history. It was men who fought wars,…
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Heroines of the Medieval World Bennett Connolly SharonPaperback
These are the stories of women, famous, infamous and unknown, who shaped the course of medieval history. It was men who fought wars, made laws and dictated religious doctrine. The lives and actions of medieval women were restricted by the men who ruled the homes, countries and world they lived in.
Today, it is easy to think that all women from this era were downtrodden and obedient housewives, whose sole purpose was to give birth to children (preferably boys) and serve their husbands. It was men who were taught to read, trained to rule and expected to fight. Heroines of the Medieval World looks at the lives of the women who broke the mould: those who defied social norms and made their own future, consequently changing lives, society and even the course of history.
Some of the women are famous, such as Eleanor of Aquitaine, who was not only a duchess in her own right but also Queen
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