Communal Discord Child Abduction And Rape In The Later Middle Ages

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Communal Discord, Child Abduction, and Rape in the Later Middle Ages

Author : J. Goldberg
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230610277
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Communal Discord, Child Abduction, and Rape in the Later Middle Ages written by J. Goldberg and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-12-25 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did medieval women have the power to choose? This is a question at the heart of this book which explores three court cases from Yorkshire in the decades after the Black Death. Alice de Rouclif was a child heiress made to marry the illegitimate son of the local abbot and then abducted by her feudal superior. Agnes Grantham was a successful businesswoman ambushed and assaulted in a forest whilst on her way to dine with the Master of St Leonard's Hospital. Alice Brathwell was a respectable widow who attracted the attentions of a supposedly aristocratic conman. These are their stories.

Excrement in the Late Middle Ages

Author : S. Morrison
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230615023
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Excrement in the Late Middle Ages written by S. Morrison and published by Springer. This book was released on 2008-09-15 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This interdisciplinary book intergrates the historical practices regarding material excrement and its symbolic representation, concluding that excrement is a moral and ethical category deserving scrutiny.

Imprisoning Medieval Women

Author : Dr Gwen Seabourne
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1409482324
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Imprisoning Medieval Women written by Dr Gwen Seabourne and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-07-28 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The non-judicial confinement of women is a common event in medieval European literature and hagiography. The literary image of the imprisoned woman, usually a noblewoman, has carried through into the quasi-medieval world of the fairy and folk tale, in which the 'maiden in the tower' is one of the archetypes. Yet the confinement of women outside of the judicial system was not simply a fiction in the medieval period. Men too were imprisoned without trial and sometimes on mere suspicion of an offence, yet evidence suggests that there were important differences in the circumstances under which men and women were incarcerated, and in their roles in relation to non-judicial captivity. This study of the confinement of women highlights the disparity in regulation concerning male and female imprisonment in the middle ages, and gives a useful perspective on the nature of medieval law, its scope and limitations, and its interaction with royal power and prerogative. Looking at England from 1170 to 1509, the book discusses: the situations in which women might be imprisoned without formal accusation of trial; how social status, national allegiance and stage of life affected the chances of imprisonment; the relevant legal rules and norms; the extent to which legal and constitutional developments in medieval England affected women's amenability to confinement; what can be known of the experiences of women so incarcerated; and how women were involved in situations of non-judicial imprisonment, aside from themselves being prisoners.

Music and Performance in the Later Middle Ages

Author : E. Upton
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137310073
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (373 download)

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Download or read book Music and Performance in the Later Middle Ages written by E. Upton and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-12-28 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book seeks to understand the music of the later Middle Ages in a fuller perspective, moving beyond the traditional focus on the creative work of composers in isolation to consider the participation of performers and listeners in music-making.

Women and Parliament in Later Medieval England

Author : W. Mark Ormrod
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030452204
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Women and Parliament in Later Medieval England written by W. Mark Ormrod and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-07-15 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Palgrave Pivot provides the first ever comprehensive consideration of the part played by women in the workings and business of the English Parliament in the later Middle Ages. Breaking new ground, this book considers all aspects of women’s access to the highest court of medieval England. Women were active supplicants to the Crown in Parliament, and sometimes appeared there in person to prosecute cases or make political demands. It explores the positions of women of varying rank, from queens to peasants, vis-à-vis this male institution, where they very occasionally appeared in person but were more usually represented by written petitions. A full analysis of these petitions and of the official records of parliament reveals that there were a number of issues on which women consistently pressed for changes in the law and its administration, and where the Commons and the Crown either championed or refused to support reform. Such is the concentration of petitions on the subjects of dower and rape that these may justifiably be termed ‘women’s issues’ in the medieval Parliament.

Women and Experience in Later Medieval Writing

Author : A. Mulder-Bakker
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230620736
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Women and Experience in Later Medieval Writing written by A. Mulder-Bakker and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-04-27 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines the common medieval notion of life experience as a source of wisdom and traces that theme through different texts and genres to uncover the fabric of experience woven into the writings by, for, and about women.

The Sacred and the Sinister

Author : David J. Collins, S. J.
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271084375
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book The Sacred and the Sinister written by David J. Collins, S. J. and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2019-03-20 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by the work of eminent scholar Richard Kieckhefer, The Sacred and the Sinister explores the ambiguities that made (and make) medieval religion and magic so difficult to differentiate. The essays in this collection investigate how the holy and unholy were distinguished in medieval Europe, where their characteristics diverged, and the implications of that deviation. In the Middle Ages, the natural world was understood as divinely created and infused with mysterious power. This world was accessible to human knowledge and susceptible to human manipulation through three modes of engagement: religion, magic, and science. How these ways of understanding developed in light of modern notions of rationality is an important element of ongoing scholarly conversation. As Kieckhefer has emphasized, ambiguity and ambivalence characterize medieval understandings of the divine and demonic powers at work in the world. The ten chapters in this volume focus on four main aspects of this assertion: the cult of the saints, contested devotional relationships and practices, unsettled judgments between magic and religion, and inconclusive distinctions between magic and science. Freshly insightful, this study of ambiguity between magic and religion will be of special interest to scholars in the fields of medieval studies, religious studies, European history, and the history of science. In addition to the editor, the contributors to this volume are Michael D. Bailey, Kristi Woodward Bain, Maeve B. Callan, Elizabeth Casteen, Claire Fanger, Sean L. Field, Anne M. Koenig, Katelyn Mesler, and Sophie Page.

The Letters of Heloise and Abelard

Author : M. McLaughlin
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230101879
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book The Letters of Heloise and Abelard written by M. McLaughlin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-12-21 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The letters of Heloise and Abelard will remain one of the great, romantic and intellectual documents of human civilization while they, themselves, are probably second only to Romeo and Juliet in the fame accrued by tragic lovers. Here for the first time in Mart Martin McLaughlin's edition is the complete correspendence with commentary.

Strange Beauty

Author : A. Siewers
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 023010052X
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Strange Beauty written by A. Siewers and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-09-14 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strange Beauty provides a new perspective on early Celtic stories of the Otherworld and their relevance to today's ecological concerns, arguing for a contemporary re-reading of the Otherworld trope in relation to physical experience.

Jews and Christians in Thirteenth-Century France

Author : E. Baumgarten
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137317582
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (373 download)

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Download or read book Jews and Christians in Thirteenth-Century France written by E. Baumgarten and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A period of great change for Europe, the thirteenth-century was a time of both animosity and intimacy for Jewish and Christian communities. In this wide-ranging collection, scholars discuss the changing paradigms in the research and history of Jews and Christians in medieval Europe, discussing law, scholarly pursuits, art, culture, and poetry.

A Social History of Disability in the Middle Ages

Author : Irina Metzler
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136778233
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)

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Book Synopsis A Social History of Disability in the Middle Ages by : Irina Metzler

Download or read book A Social History of Disability in the Middle Ages written by Irina Metzler and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What was it like to be disabled in the Middle Ages? How did people become disabled? Did welfare support exist? This book discusses social and cultural factors affecting the lives of medieval crippled, deaf, mute and blind people, those nowadays collectively called "disabled." Although the word did not exist then, many of the experiences disabled people might have today can already be traced back to medieval social institutions and cultural attitudes. This volume informs our knowledge of the topic by investigating the impact medieval laws had on the social position of disabled people, and conversely, how people might become disabled through judicial actions; ideas of work and how work could both cause disability through industrial accidents but also provide continued ability to earn a living through occupational support networks; the disabling effects of old age and associated physical deteriorations; and the changing nature of attitudes towards welfare provision for the disabled and the ambivalent role of medieval institutions and charity in the support and care of disabled people.

Teaching Medieval and Early Modern Cross-Cultural Encounters

Author : K. Attar
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137465727
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (374 download)

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Book Synopsis Teaching Medieval and Early Modern Cross-Cultural Encounters by : K. Attar

Download or read book Teaching Medieval and Early Modern Cross-Cultural Encounters written by K. Attar and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-12-17 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing from theatre, English studies, and art history, among others, these essays discuss the challenges and rewards of teaching medieval and early modern texts in the 21st-century university. Topics range from the intersections of race, religion, gender, and nation in cross-cultural encounters to the use of popular culture as pedagogical tools.

Contextualizing the Muslim Other in Medieval Christian Discourse

Author : J. Frakes
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230370519
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (33 download)

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Book Synopsis Contextualizing the Muslim Other in Medieval Christian Discourse by : J. Frakes

Download or read book Contextualizing the Muslim Other in Medieval Christian Discourse written by J. Frakes and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-10-27 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Broadens the perspective of recent work on the discourse of the Muslim Other in medieval Christendom by investigating pertinent texts, art, and artefacts, situating these local discourses of the Muslim Other in the larger cultural context of proto-Eurocentric discourse.

Crime and Punishment in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age

Author : Albrecht Classen
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110294583
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)

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Book Synopsis Crime and Punishment in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age by : Albrecht Classen

Download or read book Crime and Punishment in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age written by Albrecht Classen and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All societies are constructed, based on specific rules, norms, and laws. Hence, all ethics and morality are predicated on perceived right or wrong behavior, and much of human culture proves to be the result of a larger discourse on vices and virtues, transgression and ideals, right and wrong. The topics covered in this volume, addressing fundamental concerns of the premodern world, deal with allegedly criminal, or simply wrong behavior which demanded punishment. Sometimes this affected whole groups of people, such as the innocently persecuted Jews, sometimes individuals, such as violent and evil princes. The issue at stake here embraces all of society since it can only survive if a general framework is observed that is based in some way on justice and peace. But literature and the visual arts provide many examples of open and public protests against wrongdoings, ill-conceived ideas and concepts, and stark crimes, such as theft, rape, and murder. In fact, poetic statements or paintings could carry significant potentials against those who deliberately transgressed moral and ethical norms, or who even targeted themselves.

Women in the Military Orders of the Crusades

Author : M. Bom
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137088303
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book Women in the Military Orders of the Crusades written by M. Bom and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-08-06 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study of the female members of the Order or Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem in the High Middle Ages analyses their presence in the context of female monasticism and compares their position to the position of women in other religious military orders. Introducing questions of gender into the history of the military orders.

The Mediterranean World of Alfonso II and Peter II of Aragon (1162–1213)

Author : E. Jenkins
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 113707826X
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book The Mediterranean World of Alfonso II and Peter II of Aragon (1162–1213) written by E. Jenkins and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-08-06 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considering a wide array of sources, this book reveals the tenacity with which Alfonso II (1162-1196) and his son Peter II (1196-1213) of the Crown of Aragon forged a tighter Mediterranean regional network and augmented their regional success.

Reason and Imagination in Chaucer, the Perle-Poet, and the Cloud-Author

Author : L. Holley
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230339247
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book Reason and Imagination in Chaucer, the Perle-Poet, and the Cloud-Author written by L. Holley and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-09-26 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection makes the compelling argument that Chaucer, the Perle -poet, and The Cloud of Unknowing author, exploited analogue and metaphor for marking out the pedagogical gap between science and the imagination. Here, respected contributors add definition to arguments that have our attention and energies in the twenty-first century.