Womankind in western Europe : from the earliest times to the seventeenth century
1869, First Edition. London : Groombridge and Sons. Good library copy in the original gilt-blocked half blue leather over blue buckram boards, with minor scuffs. Spine gilt-blocked with raised bands; corners, joints and endbands rubbed, with headband crumbling slightly. Marbled endpapers; some minor library marks remain. Text block remains tight and strong, with marbled edges; preliminary and final pages, as well as plates' margins and facing leaves somewhat foxed. Text remains otherwise clean, showing the occasional marginal crease. A well-preserved example overall. Item #467526
Physical description; xii, 340 pages : colour frontispiece, illustrations, colour plates ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Contents; Woman in Gaul and Britain under the Celt and the Roman -- The women of Teutonic mythology and romance -- The Franks in Gaul -- The Anglo-Saxon woman -- Boniface and his fair correspondents : the Anglo-Saxon nuns -- Transition to the feudal period : domestic life in the castle : the Anglo-Normans -- Condition and costume of women in the twelfth century -- The women of feudal romance : Bertha and Parise -- Provence, its poetry and the courts of love -- The Romance of the rose -- Womankind in the feudal castle : woman's position in the household : chivalry, the relations of the sexes, love -- Womankind in the feudal castle : woman's amusements : the gardens of the castle, pet animals -- Womankind in the feudal castle : the feudal lady of the castle : walking, riding, and driving -- Womankind in the feudal castle : hunting and hawking -- Womankind in the feudal castle : woman's beauty and woman's dress -- Womankind outside the feudal castle : the town and country : pastoral life -- Literature among women of the feudal period : Marie de France and Christine de Pisan -- The transition from feudalism : the beginning of the sixteenth century : Louis XII and Henry VIII -- The social movement of the sixteenth century in France : the female costume -- How Englishwomen looked in the days of Queen Elizabeth -- Continuation of the Elizabethan Age to that of Charles I. Subjects; Women. Europe. History. Middle Ages. 19th century. Illustrated.
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