The encyclopedia covers the myriad, experiences, and contributions of women in de medieval world.

The encyclopedia covers the myriad, experiences, and contributions of women in de medieval world.

Women and Girls in the Middle Ages shows the roles and duties of women and girls of the nobility and peasantry, and the choices they had. Special emphasis on medieval dress and beauty, women of power, and women of other lands during the same period in history.

Looks at the lives and social conditions of women in medieval Europe.

The phenomenon of medieval women's middle age is a stage in the lifecycle that has been frequently overlooked in preference for the examination of female youth and old age. The essays collected here draw variously from literary studies, history, law, art and theology in order to address this lacuna.