Opera Muliebria: Women and Work in Medieval Europe
0877227144
9780877227144
Description:
In the early Middle Ages, until as late as the thirteenth century, women were active and independent participants in many sectors of economic life. Even apart from agriculture, they were prominent in all phases of cloth making, in brewing, medicine, education, administration, and in the dispensation of religious counsel. In the late Middle Ages, clearly so by the fifteenth century, women lost that prominence as well as their economic independence. Using a great variety of original sources, both literary and statistical, David Herlihy vividly demonstrates that the subordination of women within a household economy was specifically the product of the late Middle Ages.
Opera Muliebria, the medieval Latin term for "women’s labors," is the first comprehensive survey of women’s participation in economic activities throughout Europe from ancient times to about 1500. Herlihy illustrates how medieval women lived and worked, and how their lives were transformed as the Middle Ages ended. He traces the dramatic change in their participation in productive enterprise to the establishment of guild monopolies and reveals that the virtual confinement of women’s labors to work within the home was not an ancient arrangement, but rather the heritage of the late Middle Ages.
Covering the entire continent of Europe for over a millennium of its history, Herlihy’s work contributes to a better understanding not only of medieval women but of the entire social world of the Middle Ages.
Best prices to buy, sell, or rent ISBN 9780877227144
Frequently Asked Questions about Opera Muliebria: Women and Work in Medieval Europe
The price for the book starts from $18.43 on Amazon and is available from 6 sellers at the moment.
If you’re interested in selling back the Opera Muliebria: Women and Work in Medieval Europe book, you can always look up BookScouter for the best deal. BookScouter checks 30+ buyback vendors with a single search and gives you actual information on buyback pricing instantly.
As for the Opera Muliebria: Women and Work in Medieval Europe book, the best buyback offer comes from and is $ for the book in good condition.
The Opera Muliebria: Women and Work in Medieval Europe book is in very low demand now as the rank for the book is 6,404,009 at the moment. A rank of 1,000,000 means the last copy sold approximately a month ago.
Not enough insights yet.