  1The translation runs thus:— “Much ought woman to be held dear; By her is everybody clothed. Well know I that woman spins and manufactures The cloths with which we dress and cover ourselves, “And gold tissues, and cloth of silk; And therefore say I, wherever I may be, To all those who shall hear this story That they say no ill of womankind.” 2Warton, “History of English Poetry.” 3See p. 15. 4Denton, “England in the Fifteenth Century.” 5Mrs. A. S. Green, “Town Life in the Fifteenth Century.” 6Helen Blackburn, “The Legal Status of Women” (Englishwoman’s Review, 1883). 7Gild of St. George, Norwich, founded 1385. 8Herbert’s “Livery Companies.” 9“English Gilds”: Worcester Ordinances, 1467. 10Ashley, “Essay on Woollen Industry.” 11S. H. Burke, “Monastic Houses of England.” 12Montalembert. 13Henry Bradshaw, “Life of St. Werburga of Chester.” E.E. Text Society. 14Stubbs, “Constitutional History.” 15Gregory Smith, “Christian Monachism.” 16Hugo, “MediÆval Nunneries.” 17Aungier, “History of Syon Monastery.” 18Cf. Chapter II., p. 22, “Learning before the Days of the Printing Press.” Period I. 19“London and the Kingdom.” 20Lea, “Sacerdotal Celibacy.” 21Hugo, “MediÆval Nunneries.” 22“Ancren Riwle.” 23Aungier, “History of Syon Monastery.” 24S. H. Burke, “Men and Women of the Reformation.” 25Wright, “Essay on Literature and Learning.” 26Cf. G. Hill, “History of English Dress,” vol. i. 27Gasquet, “Suppression of the Monasteries.” 28Gasquet. 29“European Morals,” vol. ii. 30Dr. Philip, “VindiciÆ Veritatis.” 31Arnold von der Passer, “Eva.” 32“De Ritu Mulierum in Ecclesia.” 33Nineteenth Century, September, 1894. 34Draper, “Intellectual Development of Europe.” 35Higginson, “Common Sense about Women.” 36“Social Evolution.” 37Elizabeth Lamond, “Discourse of the Commonweal.” 38Alexander, “History of Women.” 39“State Worthies.” 40Mrs. Makins, “Essay to revive Antient Education of Gentlewomen.” 41“The Art of Thriving.” 42Bouchot, “La Famille d’Autrefois.” 43Michelet. 44“Life of Clarendon.” 45See p. 166. 46Henry Peacham. 47W. H. Wilkins, “Political Ballads.” 48“Western Martyrology.” 49Robert Bell, “Memorials of the Civil War.” 50“Autobiography of Flora McDonald.” 51Chapter VI. 52Rev. R. Warner, “Ecclesiastical History of Bath.” 53Wm. Sewel, “History of the Society of Friends.” 54“AngliÆ NotitiÆ.” 55Stoughton, “Religion in England: The Church of the Revolution.” 56“Diary of John Rous.” 57“Tracts on the Stage.” 58Fitzgerald. 59Doran’s “Annals of the Stage.” 60Doran. 61Ellen Clayton. 62Chappell, “Popular Music of the Olden Time.” 63Victoria Magazine, 1876. 64T. Wright, “Caricature History of the Georges.” 65Muralt. 66Mary Astell. 67Buchan, “Domestic Medicine.” 68The Female Spectator. 69S. Bouchot, “La Famille d’Autrefois.” 70Le Blanc. 71Londres, la Cour et les Provinces. 72B. Kidd, “Social Evolution.” |
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