The Fourth Estate: A History of Women in the Middle Ages

Did women really constitute a 'fourth estate' in medieval society and, if so, in what sense? In this wide-ranging study Shulamith Shahar considers this and the whole question of the varying attitudes to women and their status in western Europe between the twelfth and the fifteenth centuries.

Author: Shulamith Shahar
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 04/17/2003
Pages: 390
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.48h x 5.46w x 0.84d
ISBN: 9780415308519