About The Book

The Secret Lives of Single Medieval Women: True Stories of Nuns, Maidens and Not-so-merry Widows Who Made Their Own Way In The Medieval World is due for release in USA Spring 2025. You'll find it in bookstores, audio book retailers and kindles! But what's it about? Single Medieval Women? Really?

The much-anticipated next release from best-selling international author, Rosalie Gilbert, The Secret Lives of Single Medieval Women dips a toe into the world of unmarried women in the Middle Ages.

If you'd like to learn more about this book, click the link and read on! It's a non-fiction book.

The Chapter titles:

Foreword by historian Toni Mount.
Introduction.
Chapter 1. Who were the single ladies?
Chapter 2. There's no place like home.
Chapter 3. Dressing for success.
Chapter 4. Etiquette for the solo woman.
Chapter 5. Learning, education and skill sharing.
Chapter 6. Unpaid labour, jobs and business opportunities.
Chapter 7. Leisurely pursuits.
Chapter 8. Animal Companions.
Chapter 9. In sickness and in health.
Chapter 10. Death, funerals and beyond.
Source notes.
Acknowledgements.
About the Author.

Each chapter theme is broken into sections for each type of women. They are:
Young Girls, Maidens & Spinsters, Widows, Beggars & Fringe-dwellers and Nuns & Cloistered Women

Book specs:

The Secret Lives of Single Medieval Women
True Stories of Nuns, Maidens and Not-So-Merry Widows
Who Made Their Own Way In The Medieval World.
Paperback: ... pages
Publisher: Mango Publishing (2025)
Language: English
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Boxed-product Weight: . grams

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