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A Cultural History of Women in the Middle Ages (Paperback)
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A Cultural History of Women in the Middle Ages (Paperback)
Series: The Cultural Histories Series
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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. A Cultural
History of Women in the Middle Ages presents essays on medieval
women's life cycle, bodies and sexuality, religion and popular
beliefs, medicine and disease, public and private realms, education
and work, power, and artistic representation to illustrate the
diversity of medieval women's lives and constructions of
femininity.
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