The Dowryless Woman

Life suddenly gave me a surprise and transported me into an unfriendly, dirty, cruel world of the Middle Ages. There I had been retired due to age, but there I became the eldest daughter of a penniless baron, who sacrifices his life to save me. Now I must take care of my younger sisters, the frail mother—well, and myself, of course. A short northern summer, meager lands, impoverished villages. Hard? Of course! When has it ever been different?