Popular Memory and Gender in Medieval England - Men, Women, and Testimony in the Church Courts, C.1200-1500

An exploration of the influence of gender on the workings of memory in the Middle Ages, focussing on the non-elite.

List of contents

Introduction
Pastoral Care, Canon Law, and Social Relations
Gender, Narrative, and Testimony
Bodily Practices
Sexuality and Generation
Marriage, Kinship, and Widowhood
Orality, Written Memory, and Custom
Place, Landscape, and Gender
Conclusion
Bibliography

About the author

Bronach C. Kane

Product details

• Authors: Bronach Kane, Bronach C. Kane
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.05.2019
• EAN: 9781783273522
• ISBN: 978-1-78327-352-2
• No. of pages: 309
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 617 g
• Series: Gender in the Middle Ages
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works