Matrons And Marginal Women In Medieval Society

Author : Robert Edwards
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 9780851153803
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Matrons and Marginal Women in Medieval Society written by Robert Edwards and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 1995 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploration of differences between women: good women who were absorbed into society, and those whose social role condemned them to its fringes.

Author : Helen Jewell
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350307106
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women In Dark Age And Early Medieval Europe c.500-1200 written by Helen Jewell and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2006-10-04 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The period 1200-1550 opened in a time of population expansion but went on to suffer the demographically cataclysmic effects of the plague, beginning with the Black Death of 1347-51. The period dawned with a confident papacy and the Albigensian crusade against heretics and ended with the Catholic church torn apart by the Protestant Reformation. Huge challenges were affecting society in various ways, but they did not always affect men and women in the same ways. Helen M. Jewell provides a lively survey of western European women's activities and experiences during this timeframe. The core chapters investigate: - The function of women in the countryside and towns - The role of women in the ruling and landholding classes - Women within the context of religion This practical centre of the book is embedded in an analysis of the gender theories inherited from the earlier Middle Ages which continued to underpin laws which restricted women's activity, an education system which offered them inferior institutional provision, and a church which denied them ministry. Three individuals who vastly exceeded these expectations, crashing through the 'glass ceilings' of their day, are brought together in a fascinating final chapter. Combining a historiographical survey of trends over the last thirty years with more recent scholarship, this is as indispensable introduction for anyone with an interest in women's history from the late Medieval period through to the Reformation.

Author : Mavis E. Mate
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521587334
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women in Medieval English Society written by Mavis E. Mate and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-08-19 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written primarily for undergraduates, this book weighs the evidence for and against the various theories relating to the position of women at different time periods. Professor Mate examines the major issues deciding the position of women in medieval English society, asking questions such as, did women enjoy a rough equality in the Anglo-Saxon period that they subsequently lost? Did queens at certain periods exercise real political clout or was their power limited to questions of patronage? Did women's participation in the economy grant them considerable independence and allow them to postpone or delay marriage? Professor Mate also demonstrates that class, as well as gender, was very important in determining age at marriage and opportunities for power and influence. Although some women at certain times did make short-term gains, Professor Mate challenges the dominant view that major transformations in women's position occurred in the century after the Black Death.

Author : T. Earenfight
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230106013
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women and Wealth in Late Medieval Europe written by T. Earenfight and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-03-15 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The twelve essays in Women and Wealth in Late Medieval Europe re-examine the vexing issue of women, money, wealth, and power from distinctive perspectives - literature, history, architectural history - using new archival sources. The contributors examine how money and changing attitudes toward wealth affected power relations between women and men of all ranks, especially the patriarchal social forces that constrained the range of women s economic choices. Employing theories on gender, culture, and power, this volume reveals wealth as both the motive force in gender relations and a precise indicator of other, more subtle, forms of power and influence mediated by gender.

Author : Margaret Schaus
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 0415969441
Total Pages : 986 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women and Gender in Medieval Europe written by Margaret Schaus and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2006 with total page 986 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher description

Author : Margaret Schaus
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351681583
Total Pages : 2033 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Routledge Revivals: Women and Gender in Medieval Europe (2006) written by Margaret Schaus and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-12 with total page 2033 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2006, Women and Gender in Medieval Europe examines the daily reality of medieval women from all walks of life in Europe between 450 CE and 1500 CE. This reference work provides a comprehensive understanding of many aspects of medieval women and gender, such as art, economics, law, literature, sexuality, politics, philosophy and religion, as well as the daily lives of ordinary women. Masculinity in the middle ages is also addressed to provide important context for understanding women's roles. Additional up-to-date bibliographies have been included for the 2016 reprint. Written by renowned international scholars and easily accessible in an A-to-Z format, students, researchers, and scholars will find this outstanding reference work to be a valuable resource on women in Medieval Europe.

Author : Caroline Dunn
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107017009
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stolen Women in Medieval England written by Caroline Dunn and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive exploration of women's multifaceted experiences of forced and consensual ravishment in medieval England.

Author : Jennifer Lawler
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476601119
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Women in the Middle Ages written by Jennifer Lawler and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-01-16 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most people have heard of Lady Godiva and her horseback tax protest in the 11th century and Joan of Arc who in the 15th century fought against the English for the French gaining sainthood in 1920. Many know of Eleanor of Aquataine, 12th century Queen of France and England, and powerful manipulator and protector of kings. Some know of Hildegarde and Beatrice and Blanche and Clare. There are many famous women of the Middle Ages whose lives and leadership brought important changes to history. This encyclopedia contains several hundred entries on the culture, history and circumstances of women in the Middle Ages, from the years 500 to 1500 C.E. The geographical scope of this work is wide, with entries on women from England, France, Germany, Japan, and other nations around the world. There are entries on queens, empresses, and other women in positions of leadership as well as entries on topics such as work, marriage and family, households, employment, religion, and various other aspects of women’s lives in the Middle Ages. Genealogies of queens and empresses accompany the text in an appendix.

Author : Beth Allison Barr
Publisher : Boydell Press
ISBN 13 : 9781843833734
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Pastoral Care of Women in Late Medieval England written by Beth Allison Barr and published by Boydell Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A close examination of religious texts illuminates the way in which parish priests dealt with their female parishioners in the middle ages.

Author : John Aberth
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317496094
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Contesting the Middle Ages written by John Aberth and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-03 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contesting the Middle Ages is a thorough exploration of recent arguments surrounding nine hotly debated topics: the decline and fall of Rome, the Viking invasions, the Crusades, the persecution of minorities, sexuality in the Middle Ages, women within medieval society, intellectual and environmental history, the Black Death, and, lastly, the waning of the Middle Ages. The historiography of the Middle Ages, a term in itself controversial amongst medieval historians, has been continuously debated and rewritten for centuries. In each chapter, John Aberth sets out key historiographical debates in an engaging and informative way, encouraging students to consider the process of writing about history and prompting them to ask questions even of already thoroughly debated subjects, such as why the Roman Empire fell, or what significance the Black Death had both in the late Middle Ages and beyond. Sparking discussion and inspiring examination of the past and its ongoing significance in modern life, Contesting the Middle Ages is essential reading for students of medieval history and historiography.