This vivid and pioneering study illuminates the different roles played in late medieval society by noblewomen - the most substantial group of women to survive a

Medieval women faced many of the problems of their modern counterparts in bringing up their families, balancing family and work, and responding to the demands o

This is the first study of noblewomen in 12th-century England and Normandy, and of the ways in which they exercised power. It draws on a rich mix of evidence to

Women in Medieval Europe were expected to be submissive, but such a broad picture ignores great areas of female experience. Between the thirteenth and fifteenth

This authoritative survey of Britain in the later Middle Ages comprises 28 chapters written by leading figures in the field. Covers social, economic, political,