"First edition published 2002 by Pearson Education Limited"--Title page verso.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Preface to the second edition -- Upbringing -- Marriage -- Women and family -- The house and household -- Women and work in rural areas -- Townswomen and work -- Ethnic minorities : Jews, Muslims and slaves -- Women and power : noblewomen and queens -- Laywomen and the arts -- Religious life : nuns and nunneries -- Religious life : beguines, penitents and recluses -- Mystics and saints -- Laywomen and charity -- Lay beliefs and religious practice -- Women, heresy and witchcraft.