Jean Gerson and Gender - Rhetoric and Politics in Fifteenth-Century France

Informationen zum Autor Nancy McLoughlin is currently Assistant Professor of History at the University of California, Irvine, USA. She has published four articles on Parisian theologian Jean Gerson (1363-1429). She has also taught at the University of New Mexico, USA. Klappentext Jean Gerson and Gender examines the deployment of gendered rhetoric by the influential late medieval politically active theologian, Jean Gerson (1363-1429), as a means of understanding his reputation for political neutrality, the role played by royal women in the French royal court, and the rise of the European witch hunts. Zusammenfassung Jean Gerson and Gender examines the deployment of gendered rhetoric by the influential late medieval politically active theologian! Jean Gerson (1363-1429)! as a means of understanding his reputation for political neutrality! the role played by royal women in the French royal court! and the rise of the European witch hunts. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Gendering Gerson 1. Gender, University Authority, and the French Royal Court 2. Charity, Pride, and Patronage 3. Inspired by Princess Isabelle 4. Coopting Royal Women's Authority 5. Gerson, Mystics, and Witches? Conclusion

List of contents

Introduction: Gendering Gerson 1. Gender, University Authority, and the French Royal Court 2. Charity, Pride, and Patronage 3. Inspired by Princess Isabelle 4. Coopting Royal Women's Authority 5. Gerson, Mystics, and Witches? Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: N McLoughlin, N. McLoughlin, Nancy McLoughlin
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.06.2015
• EAN: 9781137488824
• ISBN: 978-1-137-48882-4
• No. of pages: 257
• Series: Genders and Sexualities in History; Genders and Sexualities in His; Genders and Sexualities in History; Genders and Sexualities in His
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Religion, B, Gender Studies, Sociology, European History, Social History, Social & cultural history, Religion: general, Applied Linguistics, Language: reference & general, Gender studies, gender groups, Palgrave History Collection, Religious Studies, general, Europe—History, History of Medieval Europe, Europe—History—476-1492, European history: medieval period, middle ages