The Weaker Vessel
By (author): "Antonia Fraser"
Publish Date:
1984
ISBN0753814005
ISBN139780753814000
AsinThe Weaker Vessel
Original titleThe Weaker Vessel
SeriesMedieval Women Boxset
Just how weak were the women of the Civil War era? What could they expect beyond marriage and childbirth in an age where infant and maternal mortality was frequent and contraception unknown? Did anyone marry for love? Could a woman divorce? What rights had the unmarried? What expectations the widows? An expert on the period, Antonia Fraser brings to life the many and various women she has encountered in her considerable research: governesses, milkmaids, fishwives, nuns, defenders of castles, courtesans, countesses, witches and widows.