Medieval London Widows, 1300-1500.

Medieval London Widows, 1300-1500 shows that it is possible to expand the repertoire of examples of medieval women with personalities and individuality beyond the well-known triad of Margaret Paston, Margery Kempe and the Wife of Bath. The rich documentation of London records allows these women to s...

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Author / Creator: Barron, Caroline.
Other Authors / Creators:Sutton, Anne F.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Edition:1st ed.
Imprint: London : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2003.
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Local Note:Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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505 0 |a Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: The Widows' World in Later Medieval London -- 1 Tanners' Widows, 1300-1350 -- 2 Elizabeth de Burgh, Lady of Clare (d. 1360) -- 3 Matilda Penne, Skinner (d. 1392/3) -- 4 Poor Widows, c. 1393-1415 -- 5 Joan Pyel (d. 1412) -- 6 Lucia Visconti, Countess of Kent (d. 1424) -- 7 Margaret Stodeye, Lady Philipot (d. 1431) -- 8 Johanna Hill (d. 1441) and Johanna Sturdy (d. c. 1460), Bell-Founders -- 9 Joan Buckland (d. 1462) -- 10 Alice Claver, Silkwoman (d. 1489) -- 11 Margaret Croke (d. 1491) -- 12 Three Fifteenth-Century Vowesses -- 13 Thomasyne Percyvale, 'The Maid of Week' (d. 1512) -- 14 Lady Joan Bradbury (d. 1530) -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y. 
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