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Title: Uppity Women of Medieval Times by Vicki Leon ISBN: 1-57324-039-7 Publisher: Conari Pr Pub. Date: May, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.4 (25 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Absolutely hysterical!
Comment: This was the first "Uppity" book by Leon that I read. Its great reading for many reasons. The mini biographies are well written, get right to why anyone should care about the place of these women in history, and are formatted in such a way that a person can read one bio or twenty in a sitting-- depending on how much time the person has.
Also, Leon's sense of humor keeps the bios interesting and makes for easier reading.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Good the bad and the ugly women in history
Comment: I first picked up this book because of the title. Uppity Women?? I thought it was funny and when I started reading it got even better. If you hate those HUGE long winded history books but you still like to learn then this book is for you. With only one page devoted to each woman it's a fast read and an interesting one. You'll learn about Erzabet Bathory from Romania who belived that bathing in the blood of young girls was the key to staying young herself. And Elanor of Auquatine who divorced the French king to marry a younger than herself English king!
Rating: 4
Summary: Another enjoyable Uppity Women collection
Comment: I enjoyed Uppity Women of Ancient Times very much, so i was very pleased to discover this follow-up volume, another collection of brief biographies of interesting women. In this volume I found many characters I already knew, and many more I did not. A few minor quibbles, the author's definition of 'medieval' seems to be a bit elastic, it appears to go up to the 17th century, which is not as far as I know generally considered to be part of the medieval period. Also she is a bit prone to exaggeration, especially when she talks about the 'witch craze' being a holocaust against women. She mentions a figure of 100,000 executed, whereas I beleive the real fugre is more like 40,000, not all of them women. Also she conveniently ignores the fact that while most the victims were women, so were most of their accusers. Also she seems to have the modern obsession with careers, though the modern notion that the only worthwhile way to spend your time is in some kind of paid employment was not in vogue in the middle ages, women who worked more likely did so from economic necessity, rather than from any desire to be 'career women'. These are minor quibbles though, the stories of the women are amusingly told, and there is a bibliography at the back for those interested in learning more (a pity it includes Barbara Walker's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets, which is pure fantasy). Overall, a very amusing read.
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Title: Uppity Women of Ancient Times by Vicki Leon ISBN: 1573240109 Publisher: Conari Pr Pub. Date: November, 1995 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Uppity Women of the Renaissance by Vicki Leon ISBN: 157324127X Publisher: Conari Pr Pub. Date: March, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Uppity Women of the New World (Uppity Women Series) by Vicki Leon ISBN: 1573241873 Publisher: Conari Pr Pub. Date: 30 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Outrageous Women of the Middle Ages by Vicki León ISBN: 0471170046 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 18 February, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Outrageous Women of the Renaissance by Vicki León ISBN: 0471296848 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 11 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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