Format:
XIII, 270 S.
,
Ill
,
23 cm
Edition:
1. publ.
ISBN:
9780230272576
,
0230272576
Content:
"What have medieval nuns, parrot shooting, Freemasonry, and Shetland revelry got in common? This study of monastic orders, guilds, Freemasonry and friendly societies over centuries and across frontiers provides new insights into their contribution to the gendering of public space and the evolution of "separate spheres" in Europe"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Machine generated contents note: -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Seven Hundred Years of Fraternal Orders; D. Weinbren -- Men and Women in the Guild Returns; A. Prescott -- Women in Monastic Orders; A. Winston-Allen -- The Archduchess and the Parrot; M. Twycross -- Masonic Apologetic Writings; R. Beachy -- Protectresses in Jacobite Fraternities; R. Collis -- 'The Fair Sex' in 'Male Sects'; R. Péter -- 'Sisters of Virtue' in Swedish Pomerania; A. Önnerfors -- French Masonic Culture on the Eve of the Revolution; J. Smith Allen -- The Fraternity of Female Friendly Societies; D. Weinbren -- Flora Tristan's Appeal for Fraternity; M.F. Cross -- Squads and Ha's; P.M. King -- Notes -- Index.
Language:
English
Keywords:
Europa
;
Bruderschaft
;
Freimaurerei
;
Geheimbund
;
Geschlechterrolle
;
Geschichte 1300-2000
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Author information:
Cross, Máire 1952-
