Power, Eileen, 1889-1940

Eileen Power (1889–1940) was a British historian of the medieval economy and a professor at the London School of Economics. Her research centred on the social and economic life of medieval England, with a particular interest in institutions and everyday experience. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 examines the organisation, economy and daily life of English nunneries in the later Middle Ages, bringing the social role of nuns into view, while Medieval People portrays the lives of people from different social ranks in an engaging and readable style, carrying specialist scholarship to a wider readership. Public information is limited, yet her works remain important references for the study of medieval social history.