Middle-Aged Women in the Middle Ages

Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-1-84384-282-8
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer

Buch, Englisch, Band 7, 168 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 241 mm x 165 mm, Gewicht: 408 g

Reihe: Gender in the Middle Ages

New research into medieval women from the Anglo-Saxon to the late medieval period demonstrates their energy, defiance and wit.

The phenomenon of medieval women's middle age is a stage in the lifecycle that has been frequently overlooked in preference for the examination of female youth and old age. The essays collected here, ranging from the Anglo-Saxon to the late medieval period, and drawing variously from literary studies, history, law, art and theology, address this lacuna. Taking a variety of critical approaches, the contributors consider medieval definitions, paradigms andexperiences of female middle age, analysing how the middle-aged woman perceived herself subjectively, as well as how she was perceived by others. They seek to challenge the received wisdom that in the middle ages, at forty, womenwere deemed "old" and, from that point onwards, their thoughts should be focused on preparing for death. On the contrary, this collection demonstrates their energy, defiance and wit.

Sue Niebrzydowski is Lecturer in English, Bangor University, Wales.

Contributors: Jane Geddes, Clare A. Lees, Carol M. Meale, Anneke B. Mulder-Bakker, Sue Niebrzydowski, Raluca L. Radulescu, Sara Elin Roberts, Corinne Saunders, Diane Watt.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Niebrzydowski, Sue

Weitere Mitwirkende

Mulder-Bakker, Anneke B.

Meale, Carol

Lees, Clare

Saunders, Corinne

Watt, Diane

Geddes, Jane

Radulescu, Raluca

Roberts, Sara Elin

Niebrzydowski, Sue

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Alterssoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder England, UK, Irland: Regional & Stadtgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: 'Becoming bene-straw': The Middle-aged Woman in the Middle Ages - Sue Niebrzydowski
The Age of Discretion: Women at Forty and Beyond - Anneke B. Mulder-Bakker
Seeking the Middle-Aged Woman in Medieval Wales - Sara Elin Roberts
Middle Age in Romance? Magic, Enchantment and Female Power - Corinne Saunders
Age and Desire in the Old English Life of Mary of Egypt: A Queerer Time and Place? - Diane Watt
Age and Desire in the Old English Life of Mary of Egypt: A Queerer Time and Place? - Clare Lees
The St Albans Psalter: Sex, Desire and the Middle-aged Woman - Jane Geddes
Speaking Volumes: the Middle Aged Woman and the Book in Medieval England - Carol Meale
'Late hir seye what sche wyl': Older Women's Speech and the Book of Margery Kempe - Sue Niebrzydowski
Preparing for Mature Years: the Case of Margaret of Anjou and her Books - Raluca Radulescu
Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Saunders, Corinne
Corinne Saunders is Professor of Medieval Literature at the Department of English Studies, University of Durham.

Niebrzydowski, Sue
Sue Niebrzydowski is Professor in Medieval Literature at Bangor University. She has published widely in the areas of medieval women's writing and gender and devotion.

Roberts, Sara Elin
Sara Elin Roberts is a historian specialising in the law, literature and culture of Wales and the March from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries. She has been working on medieval Welsh lawbooks for more than two decades.

Watt, Diane
Professor Diane Watt is Head of the School of English and Languages, University of Surrey. Secretaries of God won the 1998 Foster Watson Memorial Gift.

Radulescu, Raluca
Dr Raluca Radulescu is Senior Lecturer in Medieval Literature, Bangor University

Niebrzydowski, Sue
Sue Niebrzydowski is Professor in Medieval Literature at Bangor University. She has published widely in the areas of medieval women's writing and gender and devotion.

Sue Niebrzydowski is Lecturer in English, Bangor University, Wales.

Contributors: Jane Geddes, Clare A. Lees, Carol M. Meale, Anneke B. Mulder-Bakker, Sue Niebrzydowski, Raluca L Radulescu, Sara Elin Roberts, Corinne Saunders, Diane Watt.