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Research essay on the history and spirituality of the Beguines, a twelfth-century religious movement.
http://www.users.csbsju.edu/~eknuth/xpxx/beguines.html
A look at the impact of the Crusades on women.
http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/heroine3.html
Resources to help incorporate texts by medieval women writers into elementary through intermediate Latin or French classes. Includes texts by Hrotsvit of Gandersheim, medieval Latin poems, Christine de Pizan, excerpts from medieval French and Occitan women writers, an annotated Vulgar Latin Grammar, selected songs of the trobaritz, and Marie de France.
http://www.owu.edu/~o5medww/
An interactive website featuring aspects of medieval women's daily lives, such as life in a religious order, or life for members of different classes of society.
http://mw.mcmaster.ca/home.html
Starting point for research about the European witch trials of the Medieval and Renaissance periods (1100-1700 AD). Fully footnoted.
http://www.shanmonster.com/witch/index.html
Catalogue of sources relevant to the study of medieval gender roles.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook1v.html
Status of Women in 14th Century South India. Outlines specific traditions practiced in medieval regions.
http://www.kamat.com/jyotsna/women.htm
Index of publications on women, sexuality and gender in the Middle Ages.
http://www.haverford.edu/library/reference/mschaus/mfi/mfi.html
A comprehensive list of books and articles with information on women writers of the Middle Ages.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/med/womenbib.html
Women artists, self-portraits, and representations of womanhood from the Middle Ages to the Present.
http://www.csupomona.edu/~plin/women/womenart.html
Articles on medieval women's involvement in music, from the On-line Reference Book for Medieval Studies.
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/~cyrus/ORB/orbwomen.htm
Review of web resources on women and medieval studies.
http://www.library.wisc.edu/libr...ies/WomensStudies/fc/fcwebho.htm
Reources on roles of women in Arthurian literature.
http://www.uidaho.edu/student_or...n_legend/ladies/roles/roles.html
A textual analysis of women's apparel and the meanings behind ornamentation/adornment. By Tertullian.
http://www.ewtn.com/library/SOURCES/APPAREL.TXT
Essay by R. G. Ferrell, exploring some of the roles played by women in the structure and functioning of guilds.
http://www.virtualworldlets.net/Papers/Hosted/WomenMed.php
Links to primary sources, teaching resources and on-line bibliographies on medieval women.
http://www.the-orb.net/encyclop/culture/women/femindex.html
A short article that analyses issues in medieval prostitution such as civic control and social attitudes. Focuses primarily on Italy.
http://www.brown.edu/Departments...b/society/sex/prostitution.shtml
Short overview of the formal education of European women in medieval times, which includes aspects such as the policy of the Christian church towards this issue, and how class differences impacted on educational opportunities. Includes links to related articles on Christine de Pizan.
http://www.csupomona.edu/~plin/ls201/medieval3.html
This essay touches on aspects of the lives of medieval women such as childbirth, early mortality, economic status relating to marriage and religion. Presented in rich text format rather than HTML.
http://www.subverbis.com/essays/medievalwomen.rtf
Short biographies on selected medieval women.
http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/heroine.html
Essay which looks back to the lives of women in the years of the first millennium - Western Europe, Byzantium, The Muslim World and Far East.
http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/women1000.html
A list of Medieval female philosophers, with short biographies about selected individuals.
http://faculty.msmc.edu/lindeman/mo1.htm
This site features paintings from the medieval period that focus on women, and the depicted costume is analysed. The text can be slightly difficult to read being green on a brown background.
http://www.geocities.com/FashionAvenue/7863/woman.html
Very short biographies of selected female philosophers.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/9974/middle.html
Comprehensive list of works on Byzantine women, compiled by a group of internationally recognised scholars.
http://www.doaks.org/WomeninByzantium.html