Format:
1 online resource (xii, 228 pages)
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781009434720
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9781009434751
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9781009434744
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in medieval literature
Content:
Uncovering the many striking female alternatives to patrilineal narratives in medieval texts, Emma O. Bérat explores strategies of writing and illustration that creatively and purposefully depict women's legacies. Genealogy, used to justify a character's present power and project it onto the future, was crucial to medieval political, literary, and historical thought. While patrilineage often limited women to exceptional or passive roles, other genealogical forms that represent and promote women's claims are widespread in medieval texts. Female characters transmit power through book patronage and reading, enduring landmarks, and international travel, as well as childbearing and succession. These flexible - if messy - genealogies reflect the web of political, biological, and spiritual relations that frequently characterized elite women's lives. Examining hagiography, chronicles, genealogical rolls, and French, English, and Latin romances, as well as associated codices and images, Bérat highlights the centrality of female characters and historical women to this fundamental aspect of medieval consciousness.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 14 Mar 2024)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781009434751
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781009434751
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/9781009434720
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