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In spite of the patriarchal medieval European culture, [44] which posited female inferiority, opposed female independence, [36] so that female workers could not contract out their labour services without their husband's' approval, [45] widows have been recorded to act as independent economic agents; meanwhile, a married woman—mostly from ...
The Swedish heroine Blenda advises the women of Värend to fight off the Danish army in a painting by August Malström (1860). The female warrior samurai Hangaku Gozen in a woodblock print by Yoshitoshi (c. 1885). The peasant Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc) led the French army to important victories in the Hundred Years' War. The only direct ...
"The woman warrior: gender, warfare and society in medieval Europe" Women's Studies – an Interdisciplinary Journal 17 (1990), pp. 193–209. Nicholson, Helen. "Women on the Third Crusade", Journal of Medieval History 23 (1997), pp. 335–449. Solterer, Helen. "Figures of Female Militancy in Medieval France," Signs 16 (1991), pp. 522–549 ...
Female saints of medieval Wales (1 C, 30 P) Pages in category "Christian female saints of the Middle Ages" The following 131 pages are in this category, out of 131 total.
In medieval Europe, there was a geographic contrast in the proportions of single women. In England in 1377, about one-third of adult women were single women. [1] In Florence city of Italy, in 1427, about one-fifth of adult women were single. [1] In northern Europe, women often married in their mid-twenties.
While European noblewomen often married early, they were a small minority of the population, [8] and the marriage certificates from Canterbury show that, in England, even among nobility it was very rare to marry women off at very early ages. [7] In England, the minimum marriageable age was raised to 16 in 1929.
The study of the role of women in the society of early medieval England, or Anglo-Saxon England, is a topic which includes literary, history and gender studies.Important figures in the history of studying early medieval women include Christine Fell, and Pauline Stafford.
McLaughlin, Megan. "The woman warrior: gender, warfare and society in medieval Europe" Women's Studies –an Interdisciplinary Journal, 17 (1990), 193–209. Maier, Christoph T. "The roles of women in the crusade movement: a survey." Journal of Medieval History 30.1 (2004): 61-82 online. Mazeika, Rasa.