Niebrzydowski Middle-Aged Women in the Middle Ages

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-84615-793-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 7, 168 Seiten

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.

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
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Mittelalterliche, neuzeitliche Archäologie (Europa)

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)

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