MEDIEVAL CAREERS IN MEDIEVAL TIMES Medieval Careers in Medieval Times, Volume 1 includes Seven Medieval "Career" lesson plans. Each plan includes short lectures or "discussions" about the career and related historical topics. Engaging activities and review games reinforce the lesson. Worksheets, teacher's keys, book and movie suggestions are also included. The following careers are covered in Volume 1: Pages and Squires; Kings, Queens and the Feudal System; Jesters; Knights and Heraldry; Cooks, Bakers and Brewers; Barbers and Apothecaries; Astrologers

A fascinating guide to strange-but-true jobs.

A Companion to Job in the Middle Ages provides a thorough introduction to the wide range of interpretations of Job produced in the medieval Christian West, from those in exegetical and theological works to those in poetry and art.

In this second of a three-volume work, Vicchio addresses the Job traditions as interpreted in the period of the Middle Ages--in Jewish, Christian and Islamic sources. From the Vulgate to the Qur'an, from Maimonides to Calvin, Vicchio addresses the complexities of the "reception history" of intriguing work. Two appendices address how Job has been treated throughout history in literature, in drama, and in medicine. Volume 1: Job in the Ancient World Volume 2: Job in the Medieval World Volume 3: Job in the Modern World

Discusses some of the possible jobs in Europe in the Middle Ages.

Examines the identities and networks of bishops in medieval Europe. Bishops were powerful individuals who had considerable spiritual, economic, and political power. They were not just religious leaders; they were important men who served kings and lords as advisers and even diplomats. They also controlled large territories and had significant incomes and people at their command. The nature of the international Church also meant that they travelled and had connections well beyond their home countries, were players on an increasingly international stage, and were key conduits for the transfer of ideas. This volume examines the identities and networks of bishops in medieval Europe. The fifteen papers explore how senior clerics attained their bishoprics through their familial, social, and educational networks, their career paths, relationships with secular lords, and the papacy. It brings together research on bishops in central, southern, and northern Europe, by early career and established scholars. The first part features five case-studies of individual bishops' identities, careers, and networks. Then we turn to examine contact with the papacy and its role in three regions: northern Italy, the archbishopric of Split, and Sweden. Part III focuses on five main issues: royal patronage, reforming bishops, nepotism, social mobility, and public assemblies. Finally Part IV explores how episcopal networks in Poland, Siguenza, and the Nidaros church province helped candidates achieve promotion. These contributions will thus enhance of our understanding of how bishops fit into the religious, political, social, and cultural fabrics of medieval Europe.

High-born and low-born, women workers abounded in medieval Europe, running estates, brewing, baking, cloth-making and hunting, for example. Among the women profiled are Marguerite de Navarre, Hildegard of Bingen, Margaret Paston and Christine de Pizan.