Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 3971
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Richardson , Malcolm.
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  • Title: Women, Commerce, and Rhetoric in Medieval England [analyzes women's business letters, primarily from the collections of the Paston, Stonor, and Plumpton families; many of these gentry women were left in charge of the family estates while their husbands stayed in London on business].
  • Source: Listening to Their Voices: The Rhetorical Activities of Historical Women.  Edited by Molly Meijer Wertheimer.  University of South Carolina Press, 1997.  Pages 133 - 149.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Economics Family Gentry Letters Rhetoric Women Authors
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  • Geographic Area: British Isles
  • Century: 15
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  • Author's Affiliation: Louisiana State University
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  • Year of Publication: 1997.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 1570031711