Women in English Life from Mediæval to Modern Times, Vol. I
CHAPTER I.
A MEDIÆVAL MANOR-HOUSE. PAGE Domestic life in the Middle Ages--Interior of a manor-house-- Position and duties of the mistress--Household arrangements-- Dame Paston and her daughters--Lady Joan Berkeley--The lady of the castle in time of war--Lady Pelham’s defence of Pevensey Castle--Her letter to her husband 3