Title: The letters of the Rožmberk sisters
Description: "The Letters of Perchta and Anezka offer an insight into how two aristocratic women in fifteenth-century Bohemia saw themselves and their lives. The central topic of this collection is Perchta's expression, in letters to her father, of her deep unhappiness at his choice of husband for her, in which her expectations of respect and companionship in marriage clearly emerge.

This rare discussion on paper of a situation that must have faced many women in the middle ages is valuable for its illustration of how much a woman might do to influence plans made for her, made all the more interesting by the vigorous personalities of the two sisters and the incidental illumination of family and castle life."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Correspondence, Family, History, Social life and customs, Sources, Families, Czech republic, social life and customs, Czech republic, history, Czech republic & slovakia - history
Places: Bohemia, Bohemia (Czech Republic), Czech Republic
People: Anéžka Rožmberk (15th cent), Perchta z Rožmberka (15th cent), Rožmberk family
Time periods: 15th century