Book Description
An investigation into texts specifically addressed to women sheds new light on female literary cultures.
Author : Kathryn Maude
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 23,27 MB
Release : 2021
Category : Women
ISBN : 1843845962
An investigation into texts specifically addressed to women sheds new light on female literary cultures.
Author : Bernard Knight
Publisher : Canelo
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 44,50 MB
Release : 2022-03-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1800329547
The women of Exeter are under attack. Only he can protect them. 1194. First the daughter of a rich merchant is raped. Then, just months before her marriage, Lady Adele de Courcy is found dead in one of the poorest areas of the city. The common factor is Godfrey Fitzosbern, the local silversmith. Despite his own suspicions, county coroner Sir John de Wolfe is determined to protect Godfrey from the women’s vengeful families. Until, that is, he can find proof of the man’s guilt. Aided by his mistress Nesta, and hindered by his power-hungry brother-in-law, Sheriff Richard de Revelle, John slowly begins to put the pieces together. But a final, brutal act of violence makes John question everything he’s discovered so far... A nail-bitingly tense and pacey medieval crime thriller, perfect for fans of C. J. Sansom, Andrew Taylor and S. J. Parris.
Author : Joaquin Dorfman
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 41,75 MB
Release : 2009-06-03
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0307489612
“I always know what I’m doing.” So says 18-year-old Sebastian Montero, who is famous around town as a problem solver of the subtlest kind. Want a date with the girl of your dreams? Bastian can make it happen. Have a friend threatening suicide? Baz can talk him off the ledge. But as popular as Sebastian is, no one really knows him. Thanks to his intricate network of favors and debts Sebastian controls the world, manipulates it—and hides from it. It isn’t until his best friend asks him to track down his long-missing father that Sebastian is forced to face the most challenging problem of all, the solution to which will change his life forever.
Author : Thomas Perkins
Publisher :
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 45,49 MB
Release : 1907
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Author : Carolyn Fenwick
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 698 pages
File Size : 31,29 MB
Release : 1998-06-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780197261866
Provides an intriguing and detailed picture of late fourteenth century EnglandPresents complex material in a clear formatThe English poll taxes of 1377, 1379, and 1381 taxed householders, wives, dependants, and servants individually. The tax records therefore provide information about people who are rarely, if ever, mentioned in other documents - frequently including details of occupations and relationships. The widely varying documents associated with the taxes are being published in three volumes, to make this massive resource accessible to social and economic historians, demographers, and genealogists. This first volume, which covers all three taxes for Bedfordshire to Leicestershire, includes extensive editorial descriptions of the documents, explanations of the collection and recording processes, and a discussion of the relevance and value of this exciting material. Full indexes of original and contemporary place names and a glossary of occupations will appear in the third volume.Readership: Scholars and students of medieval history, economic and social historians, local historians, genealogists.
Author : Lois L. Huneycutt
Publisher : Boydell Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 22,25 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780851159942
"This study will be valuable not only to those interested in English political history, but also to historians of women, the medieval church, and medieval culture."--Jacket.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 45,91 MB
Release : 1877
Category : Electronic journals
ISBN :
Author : Medieval Academy of America
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 35,96 MB
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780802082022
"The Life of Christina of Markyate", a twelfth-century English recluse and later abbess of Markyate near St Albans, is a remarkable example of late medieval hagiography. Originally written at the time of or soon after Christina's death in the twelfth century, the Life is unusual both in its relative lack of miracles, and in the unknown author's decision to write Christina's life factually rather than gathering together stock elements from previously written saint's lives, as was the custom. First published in 1959, this edition contains the original Latin text with a facing-page English translation. It is accompanied by a comprehensive Introduction that discusses the codicological problems of the text, and provides other contextual and background material. 'One of the great virtues of this Life is its vivid revelations of Christina's personal circumstances, which must have been based on her own reminiscences. Although doubts have been cast on her veracity ... they do not affect the main lines of the extraordinary story she told the author.' From the General Editors' Note
Author : Roald Dahl
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 20,64 MB
Release : 2020-10-13
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0593203372
Now a musical on broadway and streaming on Netflix! Matilda is a sweet, exceptional young girl, but her parents think she's just a nuisance. She expects school to be different but there she has to face Miss Trunchbull, a menacing, kid-hating headmistress. When Matilda is attacked by the Trunchbull she suddenly discovers she has a remarkable power with which to fight back. It'll take a superhuman genius to give Miss Trunchbull what she deserves and Matilda may be just the one to do it! Here is Roald Dahl's original novel of a little girl with extraordinary powers. This much-loved story has recently been made into a wonderful new musical, adapted by Dennis Kelly with music and lyrics by Tim Minchin.
Author : Rutgers Female Institute (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher :
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 12,52 MB
Release : 1867
Category : Women's colleges
ISBN :