Introduction
Pits and PedestalsChapter One: Written With Your Own Hand — Medieval Writers on Women’s Nature and Roles
Everyday Life
Chapter Two: Be It Ever So Humble — Women at Home — Household Management, Houses, Food, Clothing
Chapter Three: From A Crooked Rib — Women as Patients and Medical Practitioners
Chapter Four: The Butcher, The Baker, The Candlestick Maker — Working Women in Medieval Cities
Personal Life
Chapter Five: “Like A Dog To His Master” — Personal Relationships in Theory and Practice
Chapter Six: Never on Sunday — Sexual Mores and Behavior
Spiritual Life
Chapter Seven: Naked Statues And Holy Bones — Woman’s Place in the Medieval Church
Chapter Eight: Floating To The Rafters — Lifestyles of Saints and Religious Women
Chapter Nine: If Ignorance Were A Woman’s Passport To Paradise — Women in Heretical Sects
Chapter Ten: Abracadabra — Superstitions and “Witchcraft”
Secular Life
Chapter Eleven: Whipped With A Handful of Flax — Women in Various Legal Systems
Chapter Twelve: Displayed No Womanly Cowardice — Female Landholders and Politicians
Chapter Thirteen: Never Better Ruled By Any Man — Women as Consorts, Regents, and Rulers
Cultural Life
Chapter Fourteen: Eat, Drink, And Be Merry — Amusements, Entertainments, and Ceremonies
Chapter Fifteen: “The Working Of A Woman’s Wit” — Women’s Roles in Learning and Literacy
Chapter Sixteen: That Which Talent Confers — Women in Literature and Art
Epilogue
Appendix I: Class Structure
Appendix II: Money
Appendix III: Life Expectancy for Women
Glossary
Notes and Citations
Selected Bibliography
Index