Violence against Women in Medieval Texts. - Roberts, Anna (ed.).
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"A valuable collection that makes an important contribution to a topic very current in medieval feminist scholarship. . . . The articles successfully combine close readings with critical sophistication."--Nancy A. Jones, College of the Holy Cross and Brandeis University "Will appeal to the growing number of medievalists in English, history, French, and Spanish who are interested in the study of women in the Middle Ages."--Elizabeth Robertson, University of Colorado This volume brings together specialists from different areas of medieval literary study to focus on the role of habits of thought in shaping attitudes toward women during the Middle Ages. The collection is unusual in the breadth of its coverage and diversity of its critical approaches. The essays range from Old English literature to the Spanish Inquisition and encompass such genres as romance, chronicles, hagiography, and legal documents. In its use of well-known authors (Chaucer and Christine de Pizan) and lesser-known writers, this collection pro...
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1998Uitgever: Gainesville, Tallahassee, Tampa, etc., University Press of Florida, 1998.254 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0813015669ISBN-13: 9780813015668Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Original cloth, (hardcover), silver lettering. viii,254 pp.; some ill..; 23.5 cm. Text in English. - Very good, as new. See picture. 540 [Auteur: Roberts, Anna (ed.).] [Uitgever: University Press of Florida] [Jaar: 1998] [Titel: Violence against Women in Medieval Texts.]
