Nothing less than a rethinking of what we mean when we talk about
"men" and "women" of the medieval period, this volume demonstrates
how the idea of gender -- in the Middle Ages no less than now --
intersected in subtle and complex ways with other categories of
difference. Responding to the insights of postcolonial and feminist
theory, the authors show that medieval identities emerged through
shifting paradigms -- that fluidity, conflict, and contingency
characterized not only gender, but also sexuality, social status,
and religion. This view emerges through essays that delve into a
wide variety of cultures and draw on a broad range of disciplinary
and theoretical approaches. Scholars in the fields of history as
well as literary and religious studies consider gendered
hierarchies in western Christian, Jewish, Byzantine, and Islamic
areas of the medieval world.
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