Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 328 pages)
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illustrations
Ausgabe:
First edition
Ausgabe:
Also published in print
ISBN:
9781350048164
Serie:
The Cultural Histories Series volume 2
Inhalt:
"The medieval era has been described as 'the Age of Chivalry' and 'the Age of Faith' but also as 'the Dark Ages'. Medieval women have often been viewed as subject to a punishing misogyny which limited their legal rights and economic activities, but some scholars have claimed they enjoyed a 'rough and ready equality' with men. The contrasting figures of Eve and the Virgin Mary loom over historians' interpretations of the period 1000-1500. Yet a wealth of recent historiography goes behind these conventional motifs, showing how medieval women's lives were shaped by status, age, life-stage, geography and religion as well as by gender."--Provided by publisher
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [273]-312) and index
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Introduction : medieval meanings of women / Kim M. Phillips -- The life cycle : the ages of medieval women / Cordelia Beattie -- Bodies and sexuality / April Harper -- Religion and popular beliefs : choices, constraints, and creativity for Christian women / Katherine L. French -- Medicine and disease : the female "patient" in medieval Europe / Iona McCleery
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Also published in print
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Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781350995826
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781350009684
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1350009687
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781350009684
Sprache:
Englisch
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