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Gender and Difference in the Middle Ages

Author : Sharon A. Farmer
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 9780816638949
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (389 download)

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Download or read book Gender and Difference in the Middle Ages written by Sharon A. Farmer and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2003-01 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nothing less than a rethinking of what we mean when we talk about "men" and "women" of the medieval period, this volume demonstrates how the idea of gender -- in the Middle Ages no less than now -- intersected in subtle and complex ways with other categories of difference. Responding to the insights of postcolonial and feminist theory, the authors show that medieval identities emerged through shifting paradigms -- that fluidity, conflict, and contingency characterized not only gender, but also sexuality, social status, and religion. This view emerges through essays that delve into a wide variety of cultures and draw on a broad range of disciplinary and theoretical approaches. Scholars in the fields of history as well as literary and religious studies consider gendered hierarchies in western Christian, Jewish, Byzantine, and Islamic areas of the medieval world.

The Meanings of Sex Difference in the Middle Ages

Author : Joan Cadden
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521483780
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (837 download)

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Download or read book The Meanings of Sex Difference in the Middle Ages written by Joan Cadden and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1995-03-31 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines how scientific ideas about sex differences in the later Middle Ages participated in cultural assumptions about gender.

Gender and Christianity in Medieval Europe

Author : Lisa M. Bitel
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812204492
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book Gender and Christianity in Medieval Europe written by Lisa M. Bitel and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2013-03-26 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Gender and Christianity in Medieval Europe, six historians explore how medieval people professed Christianity, how they performed gender, and how the two coincided. Many of the daily religious decisions people made were influenced by gender roles, the authors contend. Women's pious donations, for instance, were limited by laws of inheritance and marriage customs; male clerics' behavior depended upon their understanding of masculinity as much as on the demands of liturgy. The job of religious practitioner, whether as a nun, monk, priest, bishop, or some less formal participant, involved not only professing a set of religious ideals but also professing gender in both ideal and practical terms. The authors also argue that medieval Europeans chose how to be women or men (or some complex combination of the two), just as they decided whether and how to be religious. In this sense, religious institutions freed men and women from some of the gendered limits otherwise imposed by society. Whereas previous scholarship has tended to focus exclusively either on masculinity or on aristocratic women, the authors define their topic to study gender in a fuller and more richly nuanced fashion. Likewise, their essays strive for a generous definition of religious history, which has too often been a history of its most visible participants and dominant discourses. In stepping back from received assumptions about religion, gender, and history and by considering what the terms "woman," "man," and "religious" truly mean for historians, the book ultimately enhances our understanding of the gendered implications of every pious thought and ritual gesture of medieval Christians. Contributors: Dyan Elliott is John Evans Professor of History at Northwestern University. Ruth Mazo Karras is professor of history at the University of Minnesota, and the general editor of The Middle Ages Series for the University of Pennsyvlania Press. Jacqueline Murray is dean of arts and professor of history at the University of Guelph. Jane Tibbetts Schulenberg is professor of history at the University of Wisconsin—Madison.

Medieval Intersections

Author : Katherine Weikert
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 1800731566
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Medieval Intersections written by Katherine Weikert and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2021-11-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Status and gender are two closely associated concepts within medieval society, which tended to view both notions as binary: elite or low status, married or single, holy or cursed, male or female, or as complementary and cohesive as multiple parts of a societal whole. With contributions on topics ranging from medieval leprosy to boyhood behaviors, this interdisciplinary collection highlights the various ways “status” can be interpreted relative to gender, and what these two interlocked concepts can reveal about the construction of gendered identities in the Middle Ages.

Gender in the Early Medieval World

Author : Leslie Brubaker
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521013277
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (132 download)

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Download or read book Gender in the Early Medieval World written by Leslie Brubaker and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-11-11 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description

Gender and Difference in the Middle Ages

Author : Sharon A. Farmer
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 9780816638932
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (389 download)

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Download or read book Gender and Difference in the Middle Ages written by Sharon A. Farmer and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nothing less than a rethinking of what we mean when we talk about "men" and "women" of the medieval period, this volume demonstrates how the idea of gender -- in the Middle Ages no less than now -- intersected in subtle and complex ways with other categories of difference. Responding to the insights of postcolonial and feminist theory, the authors show that medieval identities emerged through shifting paradigms -- that fluidity, conflict, and contingency characterized not only gender, but also sexuality, social status, and religion. This view emerges through essays that delve into a wide variety of cultures and draw on a broad range of disciplinary and theoretical approaches. Scholars in the fields of history as well as literary and religious studies consider gendered hierarchies in western Christian, Jewish, Byzantine, and Islamic areas of the medieval world.

Women and Power in the Middle Ages

Author : Mary Erler
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 0820323810
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Women and Power in the Middle Ages written by Mary Erler and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Power in medieval society has traditionally been ascribed to figures of public authority--violent knights and conflicting sovereigns who altered the surface of civic life through the exercise of law and force. The wives and consorts of these powerful men have generally been viewed as decorative attendants, while common women were presumed to have had no power or consequence. Reassessing the conventional definition of power that has shaped such portrayals, Women and Power in the Middle Ages reveals the varied manifestations of female power in the medieval household and community--from the cultural power wielded by the wives of Venetian patriarchs to the economic power of English peasant women and the religious power of female saints. Among the specific topics addresses are Griselda's manipulation of silence as power in Chaucer's "The Clerk's Tale"; the extensive networks of influence devised by Lady Honor Lisle; and the role of medieval women book owners as arbiters of lay piety and ambassadors of culture. In every case, the essays seek to transcend simple polarities of public and private, male and female, in order to provide a more realistic analysis of the workings of power in feudal society.

Gender and Sexuality in the Middle Ages

Author : Martha A. Brozyna
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786420421
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Gender and Sexuality in the Middle Ages written by Martha A. Brozyna and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2005-04-04 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perceptions about gender and sexuality have shaped the lives of men and women in every known culture and in every period of history. To study these perceptions one must delve into the underlying religious, social, philosophical and scientific influences. Understanding gender and sexuality during the Middle Ages requires an examination of the ideas, laws and institutions of the time--for example, the regulations of the Christian church, the anatomical studies of the medieval medical community, the chronicles of the time and the social criticism found in medieval literature. This reader brings such documents from throughout the medieval world into one collection. Representing a diverse range of ethnic, geographic and religious backgrounds, documents of the late Roman, Germanic, Anglo-Norman, Mediterranean, Byzantine, Slavic, Jewish and Islamic identities are all included. The book's chapters are organized according to nine areas--the Bible; Christian thought; chronicles; law; biology, medicine and science; literature; witchcraft and heresy; Judaism; and Islam--allowing for comparative examination of different societies and periods of the Middle Ages.

Same Bodies, Different Women

Author : Christopher Mielke
Publisher : Trivent Publishing
ISBN 13 : 6158122238
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (581 download)

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Download or read book Same Bodies, Different Women written by Christopher Mielke and published by Trivent Publishing. This book was released on 2019-12-31 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is a collection of essays focusing on marginalized women mostly in Central and Eastern Europe from around 1350 to 1650. "Other" women are discussed in three different categories: women whose religious practices put them on the social margins, "common women" who are in society but not of society because they are in the sex trade, and women whose occupations were reason enough to shunt them. In order to fill a gap in gender history for countries east of the Rhine River, the studies included present how official city-funded brothels in medieval Austria worked, how a princess' disability affected her life as Byzantine empress, how one unmarried Transylvanian woman who got pregnant dealt with being the center of a court case, and how enslaved women in medieval Hungary were treated as sexual property. The hope with this volume is that it will show the many interdisciplinary ways that women on the margins can be studied in this region, and to diminish the taboo of discussing this topic to begin with.

Women and Gender in Medieval Europe

Author : Margaret C. Schaus
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135459673
Total Pages : 986 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (354 download)

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Download or read book Women and Gender in Medieval Europe written by Margaret C. Schaus and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-09-20 with total page 986 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From women's medicine and the writings of Christine de Pizan to the lives of market and tradeswomen and the idealization of virginity, gender and social status dictated all aspects of women's lives during the middle ages. A cross-disciplinary resource, Women and Gender in Medieval Europe examines the daily reality of medieval women from all walks of life in Europe between 450 CE and 1500 CE, i.e., from the fall of the Roman Empire to the discovery of the Americas. Moving beyond biographies of famous noble women of the middles ages, the scope of this important reference work is vast and provides a comprehensive understanding of medieval women's lives and experiences. Masculinity in the middle ages is also addressed to provide important context for understanding women's roles. Entries that range from 250 words to 4,500 words in length thoroughly explore topics in the following areas: · Art and Architecture · Countries, Realms, and Regions · Daily Life · Documentary Sources · Economics · Education and Learning · Gender and Sexuality · Historiography · Law · Literature · Medicine and Science · Music and Dance · Persons · Philosophy · Politics · Political Figures · Religion and Theology · Religious Figures · Social Organization and Status Written by renowned international scholars, Women and Gender in Medieval Europe is the latest in the Routledge Encyclopedias of the Middle Ages. Easily accessible in an A-to-Z format, students, researchers, and scholars will find this outstanding reference work to be an invaluable resource on women in Medieval Europe.

Gender and diffenrence in the Middle Ages

Author : Sharon A. Farmer
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 9781452905563
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (55 download)

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Download or read book Gender and diffenrence in the Middle Ages written by Sharon A. Farmer and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nothing less than a rethinking of what we mean when we talk about "men" and "women" of the medieval period, this volume demonstrates how the idea of gender -- in the Middle Ages no less than now -- intersected in subtle and complex ways with other categories of difference. Responding to the insights of postcolonial and feminist theory, the authors show that medieval identities emerged through shifting paradigms -- that fluidity, conflict, and contingency characterized not only gender, but also sexuality, social status, and religion. This view emerges through essays that delve into a wide variety of cultures and draw on a broad range of disciplinary and theoretical approaches. Scholars in the fields of history as well as literary and religious studies consider gendered hierarchies in western Christian, Jewish, Byzantine, and Islamic areas of the medieval world.

Monsters, Gender and Sexuality in Medieval English Literature

Author : Dana Oswald
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1843842327
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book Monsters, Gender and Sexuality in Medieval English Literature written by Dana Oswald and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2010 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gendered reading of monster and the monstrous body in medieval literature. Monsters abound in Old and Middle English literature, from Grendel and his mother in Beowulf to those found in medieval romances such as Sir Gowther. Through a close examination of the way in which their bodies are sexed and gendered, and drawing from postmodern theories of gender, identity, and subjectivity, this book interrogates medieval notions of the body and the boundaries of human identity. Case studies of Wonders of the East, Beowulf, Mandeville's Travels, the Alliterative Morte Arthure, and Sir Gowther reveal a shift in attitudes toward the gendered and sexed body, and thus toward identity, between the two periods: while Old English authors and artists respond to the threat of the gendered, monstrous form by erasing it, Middle English writers allow transgressive and monstrous bodies to transform and therefore integrate into society. This metamorphosis enables redemption for some monsters, while other monstrous bodies become dangerously flexible and invisible, threatening the communities they infiltrate. These changing cultural reactions to monstrous bodies demonstrate the precarious relationship between body and identity in medieval literature. DANA M. OSWALD is Assistant Professor of English, University of Wisconsin-Parkside.

Women's Lives in Medieval Europe

Author : Emilie Amt
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134720602
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (347 download)

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Download or read book Women's Lives in Medieval Europe written by Emilie Amt and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for the first edition: 'It is difficult to imagine another book in which one could find all this diverse material, and no doubt Amt's collection, in its richness, and in its genuine clarity and simplicity will takes prominent place in our expanded, diversified medieval curriculum, a curriculum that takes class, gender, and ethnicity as central to an understanding of world cultural history.' - The Medieval Review Long considered to be a definitive and truly groundbreaking collection of sources, Women’s Lives in Medieval Europe uniquely presents the everyday lives and experiences of women in the Middle Ages. This indispensible text has now been thoroughly updated and expanded to reflect new research, and includes previously unavailable source material. This new edition includes expanded sections on marriage and sexuality, and on peasant women and townswomen, as well as a new section on women and the law. There are brief introductions both to the period and to the individual documents, study questions to accompany each reading, a glossary of terms and a fully updated bibliography. Working within a multi-cultural framework, the book focuses not just on the Christian majority, but also present material about women in minority groups in Europe, such as Jews, Muslims, and those considered to be heretics. Incorporating both the laws, regulations and religious texts that shaped the way women lived their lives, and personal narratives by and about medieval women, the book is unique in examining women’s lives through the lens of daily activities, and in doing so as far as possible through the voices of women themselves.

Women and the Medieval Epic

Author : S. Poor
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137066377
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book Women and the Medieval Epic written by S. Poor and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These essays explore the place, function and meaning of women as characters, authors, constructs and symbols in Medieval epics from Persia, Spain, France, England, Germany and Scandinavia. Usually believed to narrate the deeds of men at war, this book looks at the key roles often played by women and the impact of this on the history of gender.

Gendering the Middle Ages

Author : Pauline Stafford
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN 13 : 9780631226512
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (265 download)

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Download or read book Gendering the Middle Ages written by Pauline Stafford and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 2002-01-21 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection in which a group of leading historians of medieval Europe apply a gendered analysis to a series of questions ranging from the transformation of the Roman world and the Christian challenge to late antique masculinity, through canon law and Byzantine coinage to the childhood of medieval visionaries.

Intersections of Gender, Religion and Ethnicity in the Middle Ages

Author : C. Beattie
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230297560
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Intersections of Gender, Religion and Ethnicity in the Middle Ages written by C. Beattie and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-11-24 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays focuses attention on how medieval gender intersects with other categories of difference, particularly religion and ethnicity. It treats the period c.800-1500, with a particular focus on the era of the Gregorian reform movement, the First Crusade, and its linked attacks on Jews at home.

Uppity Women of Medieval Times

Author : Vicki León
Publisher : Conari Press
ISBN 13 : 9781573240390
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Uppity Women of Medieval Times written by Vicki León and published by Conari Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide to the feisty women of medieval times profiles 200 of these fair and unfair damsels from around the world. There's English rose Hilda of Whitby, Viking leader Aud the Deep-Minded and Wu Zhao of China, who chose to concubine, connive, murder and machiavelli her way to a 50 year reign.