Gemma Hollman

Gebundenes Buch

Women in the Middle Ages

Illuminating the World of Peasants, Nuns, and Queens

Beschreibung

A magnificently illustrated oversized book that uses art to illuminate the lives of medieval women, from peasants to queens. Includes chapters dedicated to nuns like Hildegarde of Bingen, abbess, mystic, and polymath; courtiers like Christine de Pizan, warriors like Joan of Arc; and the everyday women whose names are lost to history.

Autor

Gemma Hollman is a historian and author of The Queen and the Mistress: The Women of Edward III and Royal Witches: Witchcraft and the Nobility in Fifteenth Century England. A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, she works full-time in the heritage industry while running her historical blog, Just History Posts.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Abbeville Press Inc., U.S.
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. November 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 308mm x 233mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 1434g
• ISBN-13: 9780789214966
• ISBN-10: 0789214962
• Artikelnr.: 69918928