03801nam 2200721Ia 450 991045398040332120200520144314.01-282-06958-697866120695810-226-05990-110.7208/9780226059907(CKB)1000000000725326(dli)HEB04358(SSID)ssj0000200756(PQKBManifestationID)11168613(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000200756(PQKBWorkID)10221380(PQKB)10456790(MiAaPQ)EBC432193(DE-B1597)524134(OCoLC)824153200(DE-B1597)9780226059907(Au-PeEL)EBL432193(CaPaEBR)ebr10286157(CaONFJC)MIL206958(OCoLC)320901093(EXLCZ)99100000000072532619910312d1991 uy 0engurmnummmmuuuutxtccrMedieval misogyny and the invention of Western romantic love[electronic resource] /R. Howard BlochChicago University of Chicago Press19911 online resource (ix, 298 p. ) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-226-05973-1 0-226-05972-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-290) and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Molestiae Nuptiarum and the Yahwist Creation -- 2. Early Christianity and the Estheticization ofGender -- 3. "Devil's Gateway" and "Bride ofChrist" -- 4. The Poetics of Virginity -- 5. The Old French Lay and the Myriad Modes ofMale Indiscretion -- 6. The Love Lyric and the Paradox ofPerfection -- 7. Heiresses and Dowagers: The Power ofWomen to Dispose -- Notes -- Bibliography -- IndexUntil now the advent of Western romantic love has been seen as a liberation from-or antidote to-ten centuries of misogyny. In this major contribution to gender studies, R. Howard Bloch demonstrates how similar the ubiquitous antifeminism of medieval times and the romantic idealization of woman actually are. Through analyses of a broad range of patristic and medieval texts, Bloch explores the Christian construction of gender in which the flesh is feminized, the feminine is aestheticized, and aesthetics are condemned in theological terms. Tracing the underlying theme of virginity from the Church Fathers to the courtly poets, Bloch establishes the continuity between early Christian antifeminism and the idealization of woman that emerged in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. In conclusion he explains the likely social, economic, and legal causes for the seeming inversion of the terms of misogyny into those of an idealizing tradition of love that exists alongside its earlier avatar until the current era. This startling study will be of great value to students of medieval literature as well as to historians of culture and gender.ACLS Humanities E-Book.LoveHistoryMisogynyEuropeHistoryPatriarchyEuropeHistorySocial historyMedieval, 500-1500WomenHistoryMiddle Ages, 500-1500Electronic books.LoveHistory.MisogynyHistory.PatriarchyHistory.Social historyWomenHistory305.4/09/02Bloch R. Howard220803MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453980403321Medieval misogyny and the invention of Western romantic love729521UNINA