Description
Too long frozen in their status as daughters, wives and mothers, new research into medieval women in the archives of Northern France and Belgium reveals them to be the protagonists of an urban world where they knew how to make their voices heard. Marguerite, Jeanne and Liesbeth will be our guides to the market square, the heart of the alderman?s hall, the secrets of the alcove and the shadows of the beguinages. So many places where economic power, renewed devotion, legal status and even political opinions are on display, tell us as much about their fragility as about their fierce determination to assert themselves.
