A Medieval Miscellany

ILLUSTRATIONS
FOREWORD
Douglas Wurtele
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

INTRODUCTION
N.E.S. Griffiths

THE LIVES OF MEDIEVAL WOMEN
Recovering the Ignored, by N.E.S. Griffiths
1 In Search of Medieval Women
2 A Medieval Woman's Advice to Wives
3 Wives, Widows and Wantons: A Medieval Sampler
4 Three Medieval Widows and a Second Career
5 Beatrice, Countess of Provence: Marriage Politics in the Thirteenth Century
6 The Education of Medieval Women Revisited: A Different Pattern from Their Brothers
7 The Status and Power of Medieval Noblewomen

ASPECTS OF CULTURE: MEDIEVAL AND MODERN
The Scholar and Her Society, by N.E.S. Griffiths 116
1 The Cultural Tradition of Canadian Women:
The Historical Background 119
2 Stained Glass: A Reflection of the Thirteenth Century Passion for Light 147
3 Medieval Travel and Travellers: The Voyage from Pietas to Curiositas 167

HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS OF SCHOLARLY ENQUIRY
Matters of Curiosity, by N.E.S. Griffiths

Saint Louis and the Jews
Travels of a Diplomat: Edward I's Use of Othon de Grandson
A Clock to Constantinople: The Travels of Ghillebert de Lannoy
Pero Tafur: A Fifteenth Century Spaniard
Henry of Lancaster and Le Livre de Seyntz Medicines
Pey Berland, Archbishop of Bordeaux, 1430-1456

MEDIEVAL HEALTH CARE
Scholarship as an Expression of Personal Beliefs
by N.E.S. Griffiths

The Health Problems of Medieval Travellers
The Régime du Corps of Aldebrandino of Siena: A Thirteenth Century Regimen for Women
"Gerontocomia: On the Care of the Aged", A Fifteenth Century Italian Guide by Gabriele Zerbi (1445-1505)