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Introduction
Written With Your Own Hand: Medieval Writers on Women's Nature and Roles	p. 3
Be It Ever So Humble: Women at Home - Household Management, Houses, Food, Clothing	p. 15
From A Crooked Rib: Women as Patients and Medical Practitioners	p. 33
The Butcher, The Baker, The Candlestick Maker: Working Women in Medieval Cities	p. 51
"Like A Dog To His Master": Personal Relationships in Theory and Practice	p. 67
Never On Sunday: Sexual Mores and Behavior	p. 85
Naked Statues and Holy Bones: Woman's Place in the Medieval Church	p. 103
Floating To The Rafters: Lifestyles of Saints and Religious Women	p. 117
If Ignorance Were A Woman's Passport To Paradise: Women in Heretical Sects	p. 133
Abracadabra: Superstitions and "Witchcraft"	p. 143
Whipped With A Handful Of Flax: Women in Various Legal Systems	p. 157
Displayed No Womanly Cowardice: Female Landholders and Politicians	p. 171
Never Better Ruled By Any Man: Women as Consorts, Regents, and Rulers	p. 183
Eat, Drink, And Be Merry: Amusements, Entertainments, and Ceremonies	p. 199
"The Working Of A Woman's Wit": Women's Roles in Learning and Literacy	p. 213
That Which Talent Confers: Women in Literature and Art	p. 223
Epilogue	p. 235
Appendix I: Class Structure	p. 237
Appendix II: Money	p. 239
Appendix III: Life Expectancy for Women	p. 241
Glossary	p. 243
Notes and Citations	p. 247
Selected Bibliography	p. 267
Index	p. 295
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