Women Readers In The Middle Ages
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Women Readers In The Middle Ages
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Author : D. H. Green
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2007-11-22
Women Readers In The Middle Ages written by D. H. Green and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-11-22 with Literary Criticism categories.
Throughout the Middle Ages, the number of female readers was far greater than is commonly assumed. D.H. Green shows that, after clerics & monks, religious women were the main bearers of written culture. Laywomen played a vital part in the process whereby the expansion of literacy brought reading from religious institutions into homes.
Reading Women In Late Medieval Europe
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Author : Alfred Thomas
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-04-29
Reading Women In Late Medieval Europe written by Alfred Thomas and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-29 with Literary Criticism categories.
Although Chaucer is typically labeled as the "Father of English Literature," evidence shows that his work appealed to Europe and specifically European women. Rereading the Canterbury Tales , Thomas argues that Chaucer imagined Anne of Bohemia, wife of famed Richard II, as an ideal reader, an aspect that came to greatly affect his writing.
Women Writers Of The Middle Ages
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Author : Peter Dronke
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1984-01-12
Women Writers Of The Middle Ages written by Peter Dronke and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984-01-12 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book gives a detailed picture of the contributions made by women writers to Western literature from the third century to the thirteenth. Many of the texts Peter Dronke presents and interprets have hitherto remained unknown, or virtually inaccessible; some have never been edited or translated before. The emphasis throughout is on personal testimonies, and on texts that have notable literary or intellectual interest. Thus the book affords many new insights into medieval literature, not only into the writings of renowned women such as Hrotsvitha or Heloise, but also into those of a number of neglected writers who are exceptional in their gifts and individuality. Already highly influential, Women Writers of the Middle Ages continues to be essential reading for specialists and students alike in medieval literature, medieval intellectual history, and women's studies.
Women Readers And Writers In Medieval Iberia
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Author : Montserrat Piera
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2019-08-05
Women Readers And Writers In Medieval Iberia written by Montserrat Piera and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-05 with History categories.
A study of the cultural practices and paradigms of reading and textual composition among medieval Iberian women readers and writers (specifically Violant of Bar, Leonor López de Córdoba, Constanza de Castilla, Teresa de Cartagena and Isabel de Villena).
Medieval Women Writers
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Author : Katharina M. Wilson
language : en
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Release Date : 1984
Medieval Women Writers written by Katharina M. Wilson and has been published by Manchester University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with European literature categories.
This is one of the first anthologies devoted to the writings of women in the Middle Ages. The fifteen women whose works are represented span seven centuries, eight languages, and ten regions or nationalities. Many are recognized, taught, and anthologized in their own countries but have been inaccessible to students in English. Others are little read today because their literary fortunes have paralleled fluctuations in literary taste and literary patronage. Katharina M. Wilson's introduction to the volume places these writers in historical context and explores the question of the female imagination and who these women were who were writing at a time when very few women were literate and most literature, sacred and secular, was penned by men. Each of the fifteen chapters has been written by a different scholar and includes a biographical and critical introduction to the writer, a representative selection of her works in translation, and a bibliography.
Women And Power In The Middle Ages
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Author : Mary Erler
language : en
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Release Date : 1988
Women And Power In The Middle Ages written by Mary Erler and has been published by University of Georgia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with History categories.
Power in medieval society has traditionally been ascribed to figures of public authority--violent knights and conflicting sovereigns who altered the surface of civic life through the exercise of law and force. The wives and consorts of these powerful men have generally been viewed as decorative attendants, while common women were presumed to have had no power or consequence. Reassessing the conventional definition of power that has shaped such portrayals, Women and Power in the Middle Ages reveals the varied manifestations of female power in the medieval household and community--from the cultural power wielded by the wives of Venetian patriarchs to the economic power of English peasant women and the religious power of female saints. Among the specific topics addresses are Griselda's manipulation of silence as power in Chaucer's "The Clerk's Tale"; the extensive networks of influence devised by Lady Honor Lisle; and the role of medieval women book owners as arbiters of lay piety and ambassadors of culture. In every case, the essays seek to transcend simple polarities of public and private, male and female, in order to provide a more realistic analysis of the workings of power in feudal society.
Ambiguous Realities
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Author : Carole Levin
language : en
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Release Date : 1987
Ambiguous Realities written by Carole Levin and has been published by Wayne State University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with European literature categories.
Examining specific literary, historical, and theological texts, the essays in Ambiguous realities illuminate a number of important issues about women in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance: the changes in attitude toward women, the role and status of women, the dichotomy between public and private spheres, the prescriptions for women's behavior and the image of the ideal woman, and the difference between the perceived and the actual audience of medieval and Renaissance writers.--Back cover.
Women S Power In Late Medieval Romance
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Author : Amy Noelle Vines
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Release Date : 2011
Women S Power In Late Medieval Romance written by Amy Noelle Vines and has been published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Literary Collections categories.
A reading of how women's power is asserted and demonstrated in the popular medieval genre of romance.
Women In The Middle Ages
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Author : Katharina M. Wilson
language : en
Publisher: Greenwood
Release Date : 2004
Women In The Middle Ages written by Katharina M. Wilson and has been published by Greenwood this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Women categories.
The encyclopedia covers the myriad, experiences, and contributions of women in de medieval world.
Women Reading And Piety In Late Medieval England
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Author : Mary C. Erler
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2006-03-09
Women Reading And Piety In Late Medieval England written by Mary C. Erler and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-03-09 with Literary Criticism categories.
Narratives of medieval women offer new insights into networks of female book ownership and exchange.