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Covering the eleventh through
sixteenth centuries, these essays suggest that influence and power may
have paradoxically been available to women despite, and sometimes precisely
because of, their subordinate position in society. Striking for its range
of scholarship, this collection explores the power and independence, relationships
and influence of medieval queens, holy women, mothers, widows, Jewish
conversas, and others. Latin and Anglo-Norman hagiography, confessors'
manuals, coronation rituals, responsa literature, and legal theory
are represented.
"An intriguing exploration
of a basic paradox of medieval society, and an excellent blend of theory
and gender studies with detailed work relevant for social and political
history." -- Joel Rosenthal, author of Patriarchy and Families
of Privilege in Fifteenth-Century England
JENNIFER CARPENTER
is a lecturer in history at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Power of the Weak: STUDIES ON MEDIEVAL WOMEN

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Covering the eleventh through sixteenth centuries, these essays suggest that influence and power may have paradoxically been available to women... Read more

    Publisher: University of Illinois Press
    Publication Date: 01/08/1995
    ISBN13: 9780252065040, 978-0252065040
    ISBN10: 0252065042

    Number of Pages: 248

    Non Fiction , History

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    Description

    Covering the eleventh through
    sixteenth centuries, these essays suggest that influence and power may
    have paradoxically been available to women despite, and sometimes precisely
    because of, their subordinate position in society. Striking for its range
    of scholarship, this collection explores the power and independence, relationships
    and influence of medieval queens, holy women, mothers, widows, Jewish
    conversas, and others. Latin and Anglo-Norman hagiography, confessors'
    manuals, coronation rituals, responsa literature, and legal theory
    are represented.
    "An intriguing exploration
    of a basic paradox of medieval society, and an excellent blend of theory
    and gender studies with detailed work relevant for social and political
    history." -- Joel Rosenthal, author of Patriarchy and Families
    of Privilege in Fifteenth-Century England
    JENNIFER CARPENTER
    is a lecturer in history at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.

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