Description and condition:

Brown boards hardback, dustcover, 8vo, 271 pp., index, notes, reading list, b/w illustrations.

Very good with nice bright clean pages throughout. In good or better dustcover with lightly sunned spine.

Contents:

The precursors; the mould for Medieval women; women who ruled: queens, noble ladies; women who prayed: nuns and beguines, recluses and mystics; women who toiled: townswomen and peasants; women as healers and nurses; women on the fringe; women's contribution to Medieval culture.