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Of six mediaeval women; to which is added A note on mediaeval gardens

Of six mediaeval women; to which is added A note on mediaeval gardens

Kemp-Welch, Alice

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Letters & EssaysPoetry CriticismWomen's Studies

ISBN10: 9353709954
ISBN13: 9789353709952
Publisher: Alpha Ed
Published: Jun 1 2019
Pages: 242
Weight: 0.69
Height: 0.55 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Behind castle doors and convent walls, six mediaeval women step into the light with all their courage, piety, ambition and constraint intact. Six lives. One vivid age. Alice Kemp-Welch shapes a medieval biography collection into brisk, graceful historical biographical essays that read with the pull of story while keeping a scholar's care for context. Moving through women in the middle ages - from the spheres of medieval noblewomen and queens to the devotional worlds that shaped medieval saints biographies - she sketches how power, faith, lineage and daily custom worked in practice across medieval Europe culture. The result is classic nonfiction history with a strong sense of place: courts and cloisters, ceremony and hardship, public duty and private resolve. To this is added a thoughtful note on mediaeval gardens, opening a window onto medieval gardens and horticulture as lived knowledge - seasonal, symbolic, and practical - within the wider fabric of middle ages history. Long valued as a medieval studies reference and a rewarding choice for womens history readers, this public domain history classic remains a compelling way to meet the period through human lives rather than dates alone. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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