Addressing women in early medieval religious texts /

"From the tenth to the twelfth centuries in England and Scotland we have scant evidence of women's writing. How, then, can we access these women's experiences? This book argues that by analysing texts deliberately written for and addressed directly to women we gain an insight into the...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Maude, Kathryn (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Woodbridge : Boydell & Brewer, Limited, 2021.
Temas:
To 1500
Women and literature > Great Britain > History > To 1500.
Women > Great Britain > Social conditions.
Women > Great Britain > Social life and customs.
Women > History > Middle Ages, 500-1500.
Femmes > Grande-Bretagne > Conditions sociales.
Femmes > Grande-Bretagne > Mœurs et coutumes.
Femmes > Histoire > 500-1500 (Moyen Âge)
LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval
Women and literature.
Women > Middle Ages.
Women > Social conditions.
Women > Social life and customs.
Great Britain.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction: Behealde ge wif : Addressing women in early medieval England and Scotland
  • 1. Addressing laywomen in old English sermons
  • 2, Addressing the recluse in Aelred's de institutione inclusarum and Goscelin's liber confortatorius
  • 3, Addressing holy women in the life of Christina of Markyate and the life of Margaret of Scotland
  • 4. Addressing nuns in Goscelin's hagiography for Wilton and Barking abbeys
  • Conclusion: Plebs ecclesiastice discipline : Addressing women to include and exclude.
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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