Medieval intersections: gender and status in Europe in the Middle Ages

Status and gender are two closely associated concepts within medieval society, which tended to view both notions as binary: elite or low status, married or single, holy or cursed, male or female, or as complementary and cohesive as multiple parts of a societal whole. With contributions on topics ran...

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Other Authors: Weikert, Katherine ca. 20./21. Jh (Editor), Woodacre, Elena 1973- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford Berghahn Books 2021
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Summary:Status and gender are two closely associated concepts within medieval society, which tended to view both notions as binary: elite or low status, married or single, holy or cursed, male or female, or as complementary and cohesive as multiple parts of a societal whole. With contributions on topics ranging from medieval leprosy to boyhood behaviors, this interdisciplinary collection highlights the various ways "status" can be interpreted relative to gender, and what these two interlocked concepts can reveal about the construction of gendered identities in the Middle Ages
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 132 Seiten)
ISBN:9781800731561
DOI:10.1515/9781800731561

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