Medieval Women

Reducere. What Was Sex Like for a Medieval Woman?"Wickedly entertaining, informative and thought-provoking. An insightful, modern look at the lives of women ...

MEDIEVAL WOMEN looks at a thousand years of English history, as it affected - and was made by - women.Publisher: Orion Publishing CoAuthor(s): Henr...

New B-format paperback - This fascinating book explores the status of women in medieval England, both before and after the Norman Conquest.Publishe...

A collection that brings together a host of writings from across different regions and cultures of the Middle Ages, from the ninth to the fifteenth...

An examination of awareness of the ecclesiastical doctrine of discretio spirituum, the means of testing whether visions were truly of divine origin...

Reducere. The women mystics of medieval Europe represent the very first feminine voices heard in a world where women were nearly silent. As such, they are st...

Reducere. In the eighth and ninth centuries, three Byzantine empresses--Irene, Euphrosyne, and Theodora--changed history. Their combined efforts restored the...

An investigation into texts specifically addressed to women sheds new light on female literary cultures.Illustrations: No

This study investigates the 'exceptional' staging of the life of Catherine of Siena by a female actor and a female patron in 1468 Metz. Integrating...

This work is concerned with the memories of medieval people. In the Middle Ages, as now, men and women collected stories about the past and handed ...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

This volume examines the common medieval notion of life experience as a source of wisdom and traces that theme through different texts and genres t...

In this first ever book-length treatment, 11 scholars with a variety of backgrounds in medieval studies, film studies, and medievalism discuss how ...

Offers a look at some of medieval Europe's most influential women, as well as some you may not have heard of, exploring their role as rulers, wives...

Legal records illuminate womens' use of legal processes, with regard to the making of wills, the age of consent, rights concerning marriage and chi...

Jewish Women in the Medieval World offers a thematic overview of the lived experiences of Jewish women in both Europe and the Middle East from 500 ...

Reducere. The Women Who Wrote Their Way Into HistoryA packed timeline of the greatest women writers: From the first recorded writer to current bestsellers, B...

Reducere. The Oxford Handbook of Women and Gender in Medieval Europe provides a comprehensive overview of the gender rules encountered in Europe in the perio...

Uncertain Powers presents a nuanced study of female leadership in medieval Japan. Sachiko Kawai explores the important political and economic roles...

In Ruling the Spirit, Claire Taylor Jones revises the narrative of women's involvement in the German Dominican order, arguing that Dominican women ...

An exploration of the influence of gender on the workings of memory in the Middle Ages, focussing on the non-elite.Illustrations: No