Women in the Medieval Court. Consorts and Concubines, Hardback - Rebecca Holdorph

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...

Reducere. Accounts of remarkable women at the world's most powerful court Consorts of the Caliphs is a seventh/thirteenth-century compilation ofanecdotes abo...

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

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

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 ...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Rebecca CypessIllustration(s): 39 halftones, 29 line drawingsNumber of pages: 368Publication d...

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...

This volume completes Keith McMahon's acclaimed history of imperial wives and royal polygamy in China. Avoiding the stereotype of the emperor's plu...

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...

In the fourth thrilling novel in the series, medieval sleuth Hugh Corbett must discover how a man can be murdered in full view of the king and most...

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

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Rebecca BirrellNumber of pages: 384Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 162 x 242 x 36Cover type: Hardb...

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 ...

Reducere. Wives, Slaves, and Concubines argues that Dutch colonial practices and law created a new set of social and economic divisions in Batavia-Jakarta, m...

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

Drawing on specific historical case studies and events, this book looks at the role of women, mothers, wives, eunuchs, concubines, qahramans and at...

Reducere. The inspiring and previously untold history of the women considered-but not selected-for the US Supreme Court In 1981, Sandra Day O'Connor became t...

Publisher: New York University PressAuthor(s): Renee Knake JeffersonIllustration(s): 15 b/w illustrationsNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2022...

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

This book is a ground-breaking study of women in Britain and British America through two centuries of pivotal changes in the law, economy and empir...

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

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 ...

DescriptionThis book offers an innovative, comparative approach to the study of women's legal rights during a formative period of AngloAmerican his...

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...

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

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

Reducere. Women in Christian Traditions offers a concise and accessible examination of the roles women have played in the construction and practice of Christ...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Rebecca BirrellNumber of pages: 384Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 198 x 130 x 28Cover type: Paper...

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 ...

The book is for scholars and students from across the humanities who wish to understand the varieties of liturgical culture in medieval Britain and...

18th century China. Lady Qing has spent the past seven years languishing inside the high red walls of the Forbidden City. Classed as an Honoured La...

This spellbinding, ground-breaking translation reenergises Aeschylus' enduring saga of split loyalties, bloody sacrifice and the efforts to bring p...