Fourth Estate: A History of Women in the Middle Ages

by Shulamit Shahar

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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 varying attitudes to women and their status in Western Europe between the twelfth and the fifteenth centuries. She draws a cohesive picture of women in a range of situations: nuns and married women, peasants and noblewomen, townswomen and women involved in heretical movements and witchcraft.

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4 out of 5 stars

Good but not great, 2001-09-21
This book serves as a nice introduction but suffers a bit from being dated -- there is a lot more stuff "out there" than there was a decade ago. It also presents a more static picture of the medieval millenium than could be desired. Nevertheless, it can't be beat for an introductory survey -- particularly if you can get a used copy!

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