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Informationen zum Autor Elise M. Dermineur is Associate Professor of History at Umeå University and a Pro Futura Scientia Fellow at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study in Uppsala. Åsa Karlsson Sjögren is Professor of History at Umeå University. Virginia Langum is Associate Professor of English at Umeå University and Pro Futura Scientia Fellow at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study at Uppsala University. Klappentext This book revisits the concept of gender within European History, 1400-1800. The essays cover various regions in Europe in different time periods and at all levels of society, integrating contemporary theories of gender while also interrogating their relevance and their challenges when applied to different contexts. Zusammenfassung This book revisits the concept of gender within European History, 1400-1800. The essays cover various regions in Europe in different time periods and at all levels of society, integrating contemporary theories of gender while also interrogating their relevance and their challenges when applied to different contexts. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Elise M. Dermineur, Åsa Karlsson Sjögren and Virginia Langum 1. Anatomy of Early Modern Patriarchy Elise M. Dermineur 2. Gender and the Underground Economy in the Western French Alps Anne Montenach 3. Theorizing Crime and Gender in Long-Term Perspective Manon van der Heijden and Ariadne Schmidt 4. Poor Girls’ Schooling and Transitions of Gender and Class Åsa Karlsson Sjögren 5. Medicine, Female Mystics and Illness Experience Virginia Langum 6. Love and Friendship Between Lower Order Scottish Men: Or What the History of Emotions Has Brought to Early Modern Gender History Katie Barclay 7. Making Power: Gender, Materiality, Performativity and Catherine de Medici Susan Broomhall 8. Gender Performance in Early Modern Religious Life Raisa Maria Toivo ...
