“the house had been set up by two countesses ‘by divine inspiration, as it is piously believed’, to preserve the respectability of women who couldn’t marry, couldn’t afford the ‘dowry’ needed to enter a convent and who were about ‘to… — Michael Pye Copy Share Image
“the house had been set up by two countesses ‘by divine inspiration, as it is piously believed’, to preserve the respectability of women who… — Michael Pye Copy Share Image
“The poorer women lived from wages, the richer women sank their money into houses they often shared with other beguines. That did not stop… — Michael Pye Copy Share Image
“they were a closed society, not ready even for a biological intruder” — Michael Pye Copy Share Image
“but we know enough from the early years to see that the machinery of the law was mostly used against workers who wanted more… — Michael Pye Copy Share Image
“Take away the idea of dark times and ruin and you begin to hear other voices. Women were not always silent, or without the… — Michael Pye Copy Share Image
“Bring the words and the objects together, though, and the new story is much more convincingly human. Life no longer stops dead when Rome… — Michael Pye Copy Share Image
“this one beach holds the story of a world always changing, always on the move.” — Michael Pye Copy Share Image
“They also found extra payments for threshing, gifts of wheat, food and drink at mid-day, a bonus for working in the rain: all put… — Michael Pye Copy Share Image
