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A Cultural History of Women in the Middle Ages - (Cultural Histories) by Kim M Phillips (Paperback)

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The medieval era has been described as 'the Age of Chivalry' and 'the Age of Faith' but also as 'the Dark Ages'.
About the Author: Kim M. Phillips is Senior Lecturer in History, University of Auckland, New Zealand, and author of Medieval Maidens: Young Women and Gender in England, 1275-1540 and co-author of Sex Before Sexuality: A Premodern History.
344 Pages
Social Science, Feminism & Feminist Theory
Series Name: Cultural Histories

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The medieval era has been described as 'the Age of Chivalry' and 'the Age of Faith' but also as 'the Dark Ages'. Medieval women have often been viewed as subject to a punishing misogyny which limited their legal rights and economic activities, but some scholars have claimed they enjoyed a 'rough and ready equality' with men. The contrasting figures of Eve and the Virgin Mary loom over historians' interpretations of the period 1000-1500. Yet a wealth of recent historiography goes behind these conventional motifs, showing how medieval women's lives were shaped by status, age, life-stage, geography and religion as well as by gender.

A Cultural History of Women in the Middle Ages presents essays on medieval women's life cycle, bodies and sexuality, religion and popular beliefs, medicine and disease, public and private realms, education and work, power, and artistic representation to illustrate the diversity of medieval women's lives and constructions of femininity.

About the Author

Kim M. Phillips is Senior Lecturer in History, University of Auckland, New Zealand, and author of Medieval Maidens: Young Women and Gender in England, 1275-1540 and co-author of Sex Before Sexuality: A Premodern History.

Dimensions (Overall): 9.5 Inches (H) x 6.6 Inches (W) x .8 Inches (D)

Weight: 1.5 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 344

Genre: Social Science

Sub-Genre: Feminism & Feminist Theory

Series Title: Cultural Histories

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Format: Paperback

Author: Kim M Phillips

Language: English

Street Date: September 22, 2016

TCIN: 94488816

UPC: 9781350009684

Item Number (DPCI): 247-07-8689

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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