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Studies of the influence of the middle ages on aspects of European
and American life and culture from 16c to the present day. The
eleven essays in this volume are studies of specific instances of
the influence and impact of the middle ages on Western life and
culture from the sixteenth century to the present day. They cover a
wide range of topics -literature, stylistics, lexicography, art,
the cinema, philosophy, history and myth-making, oral traditions,
feminist issues - and reflect the enduring influence of the middle
ages on European art and life. Dr MARIE-FRANCOISE ALAMICHEL is
lecturer in English at the University of Paris IV-Sorbonne; the
late DEREK BREWER was Emeritus Professor of English, University of
Cambridge. Contributors: CLAIRE VIAL, DERICK S. THOMSON, KEES
DEKKER, ERIC G. STANLEY, FLORENCE BOURGNE, RENATE HAAS, DEREK
BREWER, LAURA KENDRICK, RENE GALLET, JAMES NOBLE, SANDRA
GORGIEVSKI.
This volume provides a comprehensive study of widowhood in Medieval
Britain based on literary and historical sources from the seventh
to the fifteenth centuries. The book is divided into two parts: the
first deals with the Anglo-Saxon period, the second with the
Medieval period. Because widows shared certain pre-occupations
specific to their status, the two parts deal with similar topics:
the fundamental role played by the Church in the doctrine of
marriage, and the dominant male discourse about widows. Widows had
a specific legal status: special laws affected their lives and
their relationships with their children and other relatives. Much
attention is consequently devoted to family structures and to the
legal and social aspects of inheritance. The volume also explores
the various options widowhood offered and the highly debated degree
of independence widows had in their life choices.
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