Power of the Weak
STUDIES ON MEDIEVAL WOMEN
Sally-Beth MacLean editor Jennifer Carpenter editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:University of Illinois Press
Published:1st Aug '95
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
These essays suggest that influence and power may have paradoxically been available to women despite, and sometimes precisely because of, their subordinate position in society
Covering the eleventh through
sixteenth centuries, these essays suggest that influence and power may
have paradoxically been available to women despite, and sometimes precisely
because of, their subordinate position in society. Striking for its range
of scholarship, this collection explores the power and independence, relationships
and influence of medieval queens, holy women, mothers, widows, Jewish
conversas, and others. Latin and Anglo-Norman hagiography, confessors'
manuals, coronation rituals, responsa literature, and legal theory
are represented.
"An intriguing exploration
of a basic paradox of medieval society, and an excellent blend of theory
and gender studies with detailed work relevant for social and political
history." -- Joel Rosenthal, author of Patriarchy and Families
of Privilege in Fifteenth-Century England
JENNIFER CARPENTER
is a lecturer in history at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
"An intriguing exploration of a basic paradox of medieval society, and an excellent blend of theory and gender studies with detailed work relevant for social and political history." -- Joel Rosenthal, author of Patriarchy and Families of Privilege in Fifteenth-Century England
ISBN: 9780252065040
Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
Weight: 367g
248 pages