The case for women in medieval culture / Alcuin Blamires.
The case for women in medieval culture / Alcuin Blamires.
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Publisher
Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Date
1997.
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N305.40902/12
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Language
English
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Physical content
279 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
1. The Formal Case: The Corpus -- 2. The Formal Case: Origins, Procedures -- 3. Honouring Mothers -- 4. Eve and the Privileges of Women -- 5. The Stable Sex -- 6. Exemplifying Feminine Stability -- 7. Profeminine Role-Models -- 8. The Formal Case in Abelard, Chaucer, Christine de Pizan.
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Publisher
Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1997.
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Summary
The contribution made by these emphases (which are not to be confused with 'feminism' in a modern sense) to medieval constructions of gender is throughout critically assessed, and the book concludes by asking how far defenders were controlled by, or able to query, assumptions about what was 'natural' (and therefore imagined inflexible) in gender th...
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The case for women in medieval culture / Alcuin Blamires.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-267) and index.
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N305.40902/12
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74VMyGrJqeDO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMyGrJqeDO
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ISBN
0198182562
9780198182566
DDC
305.40902
MMS ID
991002123289702626
