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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784055603321

Autore

Larrington Carolyne

Titolo

Women and writing in medieval Europe : a sourcebook / / Carolyne Larrington

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1995

ISBN

1-134-84332-1

0-203-35824-4

1-134-84333-X

1-280-06170-7

0-415-10685-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Disciplina

809.89287

809/.89287/0902

Soggetti

Literature, Medieval - History and criticism

Women in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 MARRIAGE; 2 LOVE, SEX AND FRIENDSHIP; 3 MOTHERHOOD AND WORK; 4 WOMEN AND CHRISTIANITY; 5 WOMEN AND POWER; 6 EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE; 7 WOMEN AND THE ARTS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Carolyne Larrington has gathered together a uniquely comprehensive collection of writing by, for and about medieval women, spanning one thousand years and Europe from Iceland to Byzantiu. The extracts are arranged thematically, dealing with the central areas of medieval women's lives and their relation to social and cultural institutions. Each section is contextualised with a brief historical introduction, and the materials span literary, historical, theological and other narrative and imaginative writing. The writings here uncover and confound the stereotype of the medieval woman as lady or v