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The
Lady in Medieval England 1000 - 1500
by Peter Coss |
| There are many
books available about the medieval knight, but his female counterpart
has been much neglected. In a book designed as a companion to the
author's The Knight in Medieval England, Coss attempts to remedy
this with a work that concentrates on the role of the lady within
medieval society, how she was perceived by herself and by her male
counterparts, how she related to and participated within the prevailing
male culture of gentility, how the lives of lords and ladies
inter-related and how they behaved towards one anther. Although
the author is an important British medieval scholar, the book is aimed
at a popular audience and is kept interesting by his constant inclusion
of the stories of real women. There are a great many B & W
pictures and a few color plates.
$29.95 (hardcover) |
