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This book examines discourses around infertility and views of childlessness in medieval and early modern Europe. Whereas in our own time reproductive behaviour is regulated by demographic policy in the interest of upholding the intergenerational contract, premodern rulers strove to secure the succession to their thrones and preserve family heritage. Regardless of status, infertility could have drastic consequences, above all for women, and lead to social discrimination, expulsion, and divorce. Rather than outlining a history of discrimination against or the suffering of infertile couples, this book explores the mechanisms used to justify the unequal treatment of persons without children. Exploring views on childlessness across theology, medicine, law, demonology, and ethics, it undertakes a comprehensive examination of 'fertility' as an identity category from the perspective of new approaches in gender and intersectionality research. Shedding light on how premodern views have shaped understandings our own time, this book is highly relevant interest to students and scholars interested in discourses around infertility across history.
This study refutes the notion that there could be no sense of tragedy in the Middle Ages because of the prevailing Christian worldview. The motivating force of misfortunate in the courtly epic shows clear congruities with various theories of tragedy. Using a narratological approach, the author reformulates the concept of the tragic for the field of medieval studies.
This study radically corrects and fine-hones the generally accepted view of the humanist reception of antiquity. It focuses on the impact of Greek patristics with reference to all the printed works of St. Basil the Great (329a "379) published in German-speaking Europe in the 15th and 16th centuries. The historical analyses focus on the printing, the literary aspects of the works, and the tradition in which they were handed down from one generation to the next. In so doing, they pinpoint the various social locations in which the Greek/Latin editions and their translations into the vernacular developed their impact. They also cast light on the diverging motives inspiring printers, editors, and readers.
Dieser interdisziplinare Open Access-Band beschaftigt sich mit den vielfaltigen Konzepten und Methoden des UEbersetzens als zentraler und ubiquitarer Kulturtechnik der Fruhen Neuzeit (1450-1800). In funfzehn Einzelstudien werden gesellschaftliche Leitvorstellungen, Wahrnehmungsmuster und Kommunikationsformen erforscht, die seit dem 15. Jahrhundert durch Praktiken des UEbersetzens etabliert werden und bis in die Gegenwart von pragender Bedeutung sind. Behandelt werden etwa jiddische und kymrische Bibeluber setzungen, tamilische und zapotekische Missionstexte sowie franzoesische und arabische Kartenmaterialien. This interdisciplinary open-access collection addresses the multifarious concepts and methods of translation as a central and ubiquitous cultural technique of the Early Modern period (1450-1800). It features fifteen studies on the guiding principles, perception patterns, and communication forms that have taken root in society since the fifteenth century through the practices of translation and are still of defining importance today. The research spectrum encompasses such diverse topics as Yiddish and Cymric translations of the Bible, Tamil and Zapotec mission texts, and French and Arabic cartographic material.
Kinderlosigkeit ist kein biologisches Schicksal, sondern sozial und kulturell gepragt, argumentiert Regina Toepfer. Anknupfend an aktuelle Diskussionen uber Samenspende, Adoption, Kinderfreiheit und bereute Mutterschaft untersucht sie, wie im Mittelalter uber Fruchtbarkeit und Unfruchtbarkeit gesprochen wurde. In der Theologie, der Medizin und im Recht, aber auch in der Erzahlliteratur zeichnen sich auffallige Unterschiede ab: Fur die einen ist Kinderlosigkeit ein grosses Problem, fur die anderen ein hohes Ideal. Das Buch fragt nach den Grunden fur diese Wertungen und nach historischen Veranderungen. Offengelegt werden so verschiedene Erzahlmuster, die Geschichten der Kinderlosigkeit bis in die Gegenwart pragen: Das Spektrum reicht vom spat erfullten Kinderwunsch dank goettlicher oder damonischer Hilfe uber soziale und religioese Alternativen bis hin zur bewussten Entscheidung gegen Elternschaft und dem wunschlosen Gluck innig Liebender.
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