Medieval London widows, 1300-1500 / edited by Caroline M. Barron and Anne F. Sutton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Barron, Caroline M., editor.

Sutton, Anne F., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Widows--England--London--History--To 1500.

Widows.

London (England)--Social life and customs--To 1500.

London (England).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Rio Grande, Ohio, U.S.A. : Hambledon Press, 1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Medieval London Widows, 1300-1500 shows that it is possible to expand the repertoire of examples of medieval women with personalities and individuality beyond the well-known triad of Margaret Paston, Margery Kempe and the Wife of Bath. The rich documentation of London records allows these women to speak for themselves. They do so largely through their wills, which themselves exemplify the ability of widows to make choices and to order their lives."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Illustrations; Abbreviations; Introduction: The Widows' World in Later Medieval London; 1 Tanners' Widows, 1300-1350; 2 Elizabeth de Burgh, Lady of Clare (d. 1360); 3 Matilda Penne, Skinner (d. 1392/3); 4 Poor Widows, c. 1393-1415; 5 Joan Pyel (d. 1412); 6 Lucia Visconti, Countess of Kent (d. 1424); 7 Margaret Stodeye, Lady Philipot (d. 1431); 8 Johanna Hill (d. 1441) and Johanna Sturdy (d. c. 1460), Bell-Founders; 9 Joan Buckland (d. 1462); 10 Alice Claver, Silkwoman (d. 1489); 11 Margaret Croke (d. 1491); 12 Three Fifteenth-Century Vowesses

13 Thomasyne Percyvale, 'The Maid of Week' (d. 1512)14 Lady Joan Bradbury (d. 1530); Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-246) and index.

ISBN:

9786613271259

9781472599032

1472599039

9781283271257

1283271257

9780826421821

0826421822

OCLC:

609838398