LEADER 04398nam 2200757Ia 450 001 996248054303316 005 20230914165856.0 010 $a1-282-06958-6 010 $a9786612069581 010 $a0-226-05990-1 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226059907 035 $a(CKB)1000000000725326 035 $a(dli)HEB04358 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000200756 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11168613 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000200756 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10221380 035 $a(PQKB)10456790 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC432193 035 $a(DE-B1597)524134 035 $a(OCoLC)824153200 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226059907 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL432193 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10286157 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL206958 035 $a(OCoLC)320901093 035 $a(MiU)MIU01000000000000009797288 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000725326 100 $a19910312d1991 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmnummmmuuuu 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aMedieval misogyny and the invention of Western romantic love /$fR. Howard Bloch 210 1$aChicago :$cUniversity of Chicago Press,$d1991. 215 $a1 online resource (ix, 298 pages) 225 1 $aACLS Humanities E-Book (Series) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-226-05973-1 311 0 $a0-226-05972-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 271-290) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$t1. Molestiae Nuptiarum and the Yahwist Creation --$t2. Early Christianity and the Estheticization ofGender --$t3. "Devil's Gateway" and "Bride ofChrist" --$t4. The Poetics of Virginity --$t5. The Old French Lay and the Myriad Modes ofMale Indiscretion --$t6. The Love Lyric and the Paradox ofPerfection --$t7. Heiresses and Dowagers: The Power ofWomen to Dispose --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aUntil now the advent of Western romantic love has been seen as a liberation from-or antidote to-ten centuries of misogyny. In this major contribution to gender studies, R. Howard Bloch demonstrates how similar the ubiquitous antifeminism of medieval times and the romantic idealization of woman actually are. Through analyses of a broad range of patristic and medieval texts, Bloch explores the Christian construction of gender in which the flesh is feminized, the feminine is aestheticized, and aesthetics are condemned in theological terms. Tracing the underlying theme of virginity from the Church Fathers to the courtly poets, Bloch establishes the continuity between early Christian antifeminism and the idealization of woman that emerged in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. In conclusion he explains the likely social, economic, and legal causes for the seeming inversion of the terms of misogyny into those of an idealizing tradition of love that exists alongside its earlier avatar until the current era. This startling study will be of great value to students of medieval literature as well as to historians of culture and gender. 410 0$aACLS Humanities E-Book (Series) 517 3 $aMedieval misogyny & the invention of Western romantic love 606 $aLove$xHistory 606 $aMisogyny$zEurope$xHistory 606 $aPatriarchy$zEurope$xHistory 606 $aSocial history$yMedieval, 500-1500 606 $aWomen$xHistory$yMiddle Ages, 500-1500 610 $aromantic love, romance, misogyny, medieval, gender studies, feminism, women, idealization, purity, liberation, aesthetics, theology, virginity, feminine flesh, courtly, chivalry, church fathers, poets, middle ages, social history, nonfiction, literary theory, molestiae nuptiarum, yahwist creation, heiress, dowager, possessions, finance, economics, money, perfection, power, french lay, male indiscretion, infidelity, sexuality, monogamy. 615 0$aLove$xHistory. 615 0$aMisogyny$xHistory. 615 0$aPatriarchy$xHistory. 615 0$aSocial history 615 0$aWomen$xHistory 676 $a305.4/09/02 700 $aBloch$b R. Howard$0220803 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996248054303316 996 $aMedieval misogyny and the invention of Western romantic love$9729521 997 $aUNISA