Three Medieval Views of Women LA Contenance Des Fames, Le Bien Des Fames, Le Blasme Des Fames

This bilingual edition of three lively and amusing French poems dating from the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries contains two poems that assail the vices of women and a third that lists women's virtues. The verses, translated here into English for the first time, provide significant insights into the role of women in the Middle Ages as well as into medieval social history and the history of misogyny.Fiero, Gloria K. is the author of 'Three Medieval Views of Women LA Contenance Des Fames, Le Bien Des Fames, Le Blasme Des Fames', published 1989 under ISBN 9780300044423 and ISBN 0300044429.