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