ISBN:
9781280489105
,
9781846157936
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (XII, 153 Seiten)
Series Statement:
Gender in the Middle Ages 7
Series Statement:
Gender in the Middle Ages
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Middle-aged women in the Middle Ages
DDC:
305.309
Keywords:
Middle-aged women History
;
To 1500
;
Women
;
history
;
Middle Aged
;
Prejudice
;
Social Values
;
history
;
Gender Identity
;
History, Medieval
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Europa
;
Frau
;
Mittleres Lebensalter
;
Soziale Situation
;
Geschichte 500-1500
Abstract:
New research into medieval women from the Anglo-Saxon to the late medieval period demonstrates their energy, defiance and wit.
Abstract:
Front cover -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF PLATES -- ABBREVIATIONS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- Introduction 'BECOMING BENE-STRAW' -- 1. THE AGE OF DISCRETION: WOMEN AT FORTY AND BEYOND -- 2. SEEKING THE MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN IN MEDIEVAL WALES -- 3. MIDDLE AGE IN ROMANCE? MAGIC, ENCHANTMENT AND FEMALE POWER -- 4. AGE AND DESIRE IN THE OLD ENGLISH LIFE OF ST MARY OF EGYPT: A QUEERER TIME AND PLACE? -- 5. THE ST ALBANS PSALTER: SEX, DESIRE AND THE MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN -- 6. SPEAKING VOLUMES: THE MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN AND THE BOOK IN MEDIEVAL ENGLAND -- 7. 'LATE HIR SEYE WHAT SCHE WYL': OLDER WOMEN'SSPEECH AND THE BOOK OF MARGERY KEMPE -- 8. PREPARING FOR MATURE YEARS: THE CASE OF MARGARET OF ANJOU AND HER BOOKS -- Select Bibliography -- INDEX.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-149) and index. - Description based on print version record
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