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This collection examines premodern history and art in East-Central Europe viewed from the perspective of gender and women's history. It gathers Czech art and other historians of all generations in order to introduce this segment of history writing to global academia.
List of contents
List of Figures
Part I: Women and Gender in Czech Medieval History
Foreword: Gender Trouble in Czech Medieval History Scholarship
Milena Bartlová
Introduction: Premodern History and Art through the Prism of Gender
Michaela Antonín Malaníková and Daniela Rywiková
Chapter 1: Women's History and Gender History as Part of Czech Medieval Studies
Michaela Antonín Malaníková
Part II: Gender Identity through the Prism of Visual Arts
Chapter 2: Medieval Art in the Czech Lands through the Prism of Gender: The Visual Culture of Royal Nunneries in Medieval Bohemia and Moravia
Daniela Rywiková
Chapter 3: Kunigunde - ' Bartered Bride' and 'Bride of Christ'
Jennifer Vl¿ek Shurr
Chapter 4: Gender in Czech Secular Art of the Late Middle Ages
Jan Dienstbier
Part III: Gendering the Medieval Literature
Chapter 5: Women as Men and Men as Women? Gender Roles in Anglo-Saxon Literature Reversed
Tereza Kalousková
Chapter 6: Gendered Body Politics and the Construction of Czech Historical Memory
V¿ra Soukupová
Chapter 7: Reading About Men and for Men: Daughters Against Fathers, Violence and Wisdom in One Medieval Manuscript
Martin Šorm
Part IV: Midwives and Lovers: Two Pre-modern Case Studies
Chapter 8: Why Do We Not Hear the Praise of Skilful Women Who Are Writing Books About It?" Early Modern Obstetric Manuals from the German Speaking Regions from a Gender Perspective
Hana Jadrná Mat¿jková
Chapter 9: Benedetta Carlini, Catalina Erauso, and Catharina Margareta Linck: Stories of Love between Women from the Sixteenth Century to the Early Eighteenth Century
Dáša Fran¿íková
Bibliography
About the Contributors
About the author
Michaela Antonín Malaníková is assistant professor of medieval history at Palacký University Olomouc.
Daniela Rywiková is assistant professor of art history at the University of Ostrava.
Summary
This collection examines premodern history and art in East-Central Europe viewed from the perspective of gender and women's history. It gathers Czech art and other historians of all generations in order to introduce this segment of history writing to global academia.
