{"product_id":"womens-lives-in-medieval-europe-second-edition-9780415466837","title":"Women's Lives in Medieval Europe: Second Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003ePraise for the first edition: It is difficult to imagine another book in which one could find all this diverse material  and no doubt Amts collection  in its richness  and in its genuine clarity and simplicity will takes prominent place in our expanded  diversified medieval curriculum  a curriculum that takes class  gender  and ethnicity as central to an understanding of world cultural history. - The Medieval Review Long considered to be a definitive and truly groundbreaking collection of sources  Womens Lives in Medieval Europe uniquely presents the everyday lives and experiences of women in the Middle Ages. This indispensible text has now been thoroughly updated and expanded to reflect new research  and includes previously unavailable source material. This new edition includes expanded sections on marriage and sexuality  and on peasant women and townswomen  as well as a new section on women and the law. There are brief introductions both to the period and to the individual documents  study questions to accompany each reading  a glossary of terms and a fully updated bibliography. Working within a multi-cultural framework  the book focuses not just on the Christian majority  but also present material about women in minority groups in Europe  such as Jews  Muslims  and those considered to be heretics. Incorporating both the laws  regulations and religious texts that shaped the way women lived their lives  and personal narratives by and about medieval women  the book is unique in examining womens lives through the lens of daily activities  and in doing so as far as possible through the voices of women themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45495949426741,"sku":"ByrdShop_0415466830","price":49.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780415466837.jpg?v=1780903923","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/womens-lives-in-medieval-europe-second-edition-9780415466837","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}