Case for Women in Medieval Culture

Zusatztext Alcuin Blamires!The Case for Women in Medieval Culture is a pioneering study of the philosophical and theological tradition of pro-feminine arguments which established writers such as C. were able to draw upon in their defence of women against misogynist opinion. Klappentext The medieval period is commonly perceived as particularly misogynistic! yet the culture of the time constructed a "case for women" that is little known today. This book sets out to demonstrate the existence of substantial pro-feminine traditions extending back from the Middle Ages to the fourth century. Blamires offers a readable discussion of what kind of "feminism" or otherwise these traditions amount to! and what they contribute to key writers such as Chaucer! Christine de Pizan! and Abelard. Zusammenfassung The medieval period is commonly perceived as particularly misogynistic, yet the culture of the time constructed a case for women that is little known today. This book sets out to demonstrate the existence of substantial profeminine traditions extending back from the Middle Ages to the fourth century. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 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 Conclusion Bibliography Index

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• Authors: Alcuin Blamires, Alcuin (Senior Lecturer in English Blamires, Blamires Alcuin
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.08.1998
• EAN: 9780198186304
• ISBN: 978-0-19-818630-4
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / World, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, LITERARY CRITICISM / Feminist, General & world history, CE period up to c 1500, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Feminism & feminist theory, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, General and world history, Feminism and feminist theory, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval