{"product_id":"memory-and-gender-in-medieval-europe-9001200-medieval-culture-and-society-9780333568590","title":"Memory and Gender in Medieval Europe 9001200 Medieval Culture and Society","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRemembering the past in the Middle Ages is a subject that is usually perceived as a study of chronicles and annals written by monks in monasteries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Van Houts is much too experienced a historian to overstate women's contribution to the memorialising of the medieval past: what she rightly insists on, and what gives this book its cutting edge, is that women's contribution be recognised as important and distinctive...she has produced a book that's timely, path-breaking, and emphatically more than the sum of its parts.' - Janet L. Nelson, Gender and History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface Introduction PART ONE: GENDER AND AUTHORITY OF ORAL WITNESSES Chronicles and Annals Saints' Lives and Miracles PART TWO: REMEMBRANCE OF THE PAST Ancestors, Family Reputation and Female Traditions Objects as Pegs for Memory PART THREE: ONE EVENT REMEMBERED The Memory of the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 Conclusion Appendices Abbreviations Notes Further Reading Index","brand":"Palgrave MacMillan UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767386964311,"sku":"9780333568590","price":47.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780333568590.jpg?v=1758713159","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/memory-and-gender-in-medieval-europe-9001200-medieval-culture-and-society-9780333568590","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}