First printing of the trade paperback edition. 271 p. with index and bibliographical references. Black and white illustrations. Interior intact, binding is sound. Front cover illustrated with miniature-like scenes and curlicues. Research covers the "feudal societies of England, France, the Low Countries and Southern Germany". Looks at the daily life of "queens and noblewomen, nuns, mystics, peasants, prostitutes and felons." Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Seller Inventory # 000353

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Title: A Small Sound of the Trumpet: Women in ...

Publisher: Beacon Press, Boston, Mass.

Publication Date: 1986

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: 1st Ed.

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Describes the daily life of noblewomen, nuns, and peasants in feudal England and Europe, looks at the treatment of lepers, begars, prostitutes, and criminals, and offers brief profiles of prominent medieval women

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Adult non-fiction centers on history, natural history, travel, memoirs, poetry, philosophy, with a multi-cultural perspective, though a good portion are about the West where I have lived for 42 years. Adult fiction favors translations of foreign literature into English. Children's books include picture books, novels and non-fiction, mostly from the 1940s to the 1970s. Some titles in French, German and Dutch.

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