Urban Women

<p><strong>Exploring women's stories of work protest and power in the medieval Low Countries</strong></p><p>The Middle Ages-a time often cast as a dark period when violence reigned and men dominated society. Women as the deeply rooted cliché would have it played scarcely any part. But this book tells a different story one in which women step forward as the main characters. In the southern Low Countries townswomen held substantial rights which they used to conduct business voice their opinions and assert their will.</p><p><em>Urban Women</em> presents a different and lesser-known image of the late Middle Ages from 1250 to 1550. The authors trace the lives of women protesting marrying making love working and engaging in the daily life of Low Countries towns. In doing so this book gives voice to wealthy businesswomen laborers religious women criminals and sex workers spotlighting the remarkable figures who shaped a women's town within a man's world.</p>