Author : Mathilde van Dijk
Publisher : Brepols Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Saints, Scholars, and Politicians by : Mathilde van Dijk
Download or read book Saints, Scholars, and Politicians written by Mathilde van Dijk and published by Brepols Publishers. This book was released on 2005 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past eighteen years, gender has become a major analytical tool in medieval studies. The purpose of this volume is to evaluate its use and to search for ways in which to improve and enhance its value. The authors address the question of how gender relates to other tools of medieval research. Several articles criticize the way in which an exclusive focus on gender tends to obscure the impact of other factors, for instance class, politics, economy, or the genre in which a source is written. Other articles address 'wrong' ways of using gender, for instance monolithic or anachronistic views of what constitutes differences between men and women.