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Women at the beginning : origin myths from the Amazons to the Virgin Mary /
In these four artfully crafted essays, Patrick Geary explores the way ancient and medieval authors wrote about women. Geary describes the often marginal role women played in origin legends from antiquity until the twelfth century. Not confining himself to one religious tradition or region, he probes...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
©2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In these four artfully crafted essays, Patrick Geary explores the way ancient and medieval authors wrote about women. Geary describes the often marginal role women played in origin legends from antiquity until the twelfth century. Not confining himself to one religious tradition or region, he probes the tensions between women in biblical, classical, and medieval myths (such as Eve, Mary, Amazons, princesses, and countesses), and actual women in ancient and medieval societies. Using these legends as a lens through which to study patriarchal societies, Geary chooses moments and texts that illustrate how ancient authors (all of whom were male) confronted the place of women in their society. --From publisher's description. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 104 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 79-100) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400827084 1400827086 1282129635 9781282129634 1282935445 9781282935440 9786612935442 6612935448 9786612129636 6612129638 |