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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785690303321

Titolo

Intersections of gender, religion and ethnicity in the Middle Ages / / edited by C. Beattie, K. Fenton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2011

ISBN

1-282-99894-3

9786612998942

0-230-29756-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2011.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (231 pages)

Collana

Genders and Sexualities in History, , 2730-9479

Disciplina

940.1

Soggetti

Ethnology - Europe - History - To 1500

Gender identity - Europe - History - To 1500

Religion and sociology - Europe - History - To 1500

Sex role - Europe - History - To 1500

Europe Ethnic relations History To 1500

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; Introduction: Gender, Power, and Difference; 1 'In what way can those who have left the world be distinguished?': Masculinity and the Difference between Carolingian Men; 2 Ruling Masculinities: From Adam to Apollonius of Tyre in Corpus 201b; 3 The Tears of Bishop Gundulf: Gender, Religion, and Emotion in the Late Eleventh Century; 4 Medieval Jewish/Christian Debate and the Question of Gender: Gilbert Crispin's Disputatio Iudei et Christiani; 5 Gender, Jewish Creditors, and Christian Debtors in Thirteenth-Century Exeter

6 Gendering the First Crusade in William of Malmesbury's Gesta Regum Anglorum; 7 Prince Bohemond, Princess Melaz, and the Gendering of Religious Difference in the Ecclesiastical History of Orderic Vitalis; 8 Chaucer's Viragos: A Postcolonial Engagement? A Case Study of the Man of Law's Tale, the Monk's Tale, and the Knight's Tale; 9 Warriors, Amazons, and Isles of Women: Medieval Travel Writing and Constructions of Asian Femininities; Index



Sommario/riassunto

This collection of essays focuses attention on how medieval gender intersects with other categories of difference, particularly religion and ethnicity. It treats the period c.800-1500, with a particular focus on the era of the Gregorian reform movement, the First Crusade, and its linked attacks on Jews at home.