Between Pit and Pedestal: Women in the Middle Ages by Anne Echols, Marty Newman Williams

Between Pit and Pedestal: Women in the Middle Ages

Anne Echols, Marty Newman Williams

316 pages first pub 1989 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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"Crusader and concubine, laundress and troubadour, mystic and midwife and miniaturist, beguine and bondwoman and the bersatrix rocking the cradle of kings- all find their rightful place in this bountiful compendium. With vast resourcefulness and a...

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informative: 100%

challenging: 33%

inspiring: 33%

reflective: 33%


Pace

66% of readers chose medium
33% of readers chose slow
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