The Medieval Housewife & other Women of the Middle Ages, by Toni Mount

New from Amberley Publishing

Have you ever wondered what life was like for the ordinary housewife in the Middle Ages? Or how much power a medieval lady really had? Find out all about medieval housewives, peasant women, grand ladies, women in trade and women in the church in this fascinating book.

More has been written about medieval women in the last twenty years than in the two whole centuries before that. Female authors of the medieval period have been rediscovered and translated; queens are no longer thought of as merely decorative brood mares for their royal husbands and have merited their own biographies.

In the past, historians have tended to look at what women could not do. In this book we will look at the lives of medieval women in a more positive light, finding out what rights and opportunities they enjoyed and attempting to uncover the real women beneath the layers of dust accumulated over the centuries.

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About the Author

Toni Mount has been a history teacher for fifteen years. She has an MA by Research on medieval medical manuscripts from the University of Kent. Her previous books include Medieval Housewives & Women of the Middle Ages. Born in London, Toni now lives in Gravesend, Kent. Toni also runs history groups in Rochester and Gravesend and says 'Often people in my audience have said “I wish history had been taught like this when I was at school”'  Find out more at her website http://tonimount.co.uk/