Women's Lives in Medieval Europe: A Sourcebook Amt, Emilie

This isn't a narrative — it's the receipts. Court records, wills, letters, religious texts, medical treatises, and guild regulations that show how medieval women actually lived, worked, fought, and navigated a world that rarely asked their permission. Editor Emilie Amt has assembled primary sources spanning centuries and regions, from peasant farmers to queens, nuns to merchants. You'll find marriage contracts, childbirth advice, property disputes, and evidence of women running businesses, owning land, and wielding power in ways the traditional medieval story tends to gloss over. Published by Routledge, this is a sourcebook in the academic sense — raw material for understanding history beyond the sanitized summaries. Perfect for students, history enthusiasts, or anyone tired of medieval women being reduced to footnotes. The real voices are messier, stranger, and far more interesting.