Women And Power In The Middle Ages

Author : Mary Erler,Maryanne Kowaleski
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : History
ISBN : 9780820323817

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Women and Power in the Middle Ages by Mary Erler,Maryanne Kowaleski Pdf

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.

Author : Mary Carpenter Erler,Maryanne Kowaleski
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 0801488303

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Gendering the Master Narrative by Mary Carpenter Erler,Maryanne Kowaleski Pdf

A new economy of power relations: female agency in the middle ages / Mary C. Erler and Maryanne Kowaleski -- Women and power through the family revisited / Jo Ann McNamara -- Women and confession: from empowerment to pathology / Dyan Elliott -- "With the heat of the hungry heart": empowerment and Ancrene wisse / Nicholas Watson -- Powers of record, powers of example: hagiography and women's history / Jocelyn Wogan-Browne -- Who is the master of this narrative? Maternal patronage of the cult of St. Margaret / Wendy R. Larson -- "The wise mother": the image of St. Anne teaching the Virgin Mary / Pamela Sheingorn -- Did goddesses empower women? the case of dame nature / Barbara Newman -- Women in the late medieval English parish / Katherine L. French -- Public exposure? consorts and ritual in late medieval Europe: the example of the entrance of the dogaresse of Venice / Holly S. Hurlburt -- Women's influence on the design of urban homes / Sarah Rees Jones -- Looking closely: authority and intimacy in the late medieval urban home / Felicity Riddy.

Author : Eileen Power
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107650152

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Medieval Women by Eileen Power Pdf

An accessible and clear snapshot of the life and work of women in medieval times from the nunnery to the town to the castle.

Author : Emma O. Bérat,Rebecca Hardie,Irina Dumitrescu
Publisher : V&R Unipress
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9783847012429

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Relations of Power by Emma O. Bérat,Rebecca Hardie,Irina Dumitrescu Pdf

Women's networks – their relations with other women, men, objects and place – were a source of power in various European and neighbouring regions throughout the Middle Ages. This interdisciplinary volume considers how women's networks, and particularly women's direct and indirect relationships to other women, constituted and shaped power from roughly 300 to 1700 AD. The essays in this collection juxtapose scholarship from the fields of archaeology, art history, literature, history and religious studies, drawing on a wide variety of source types. Their aim is to highlight not only the importance of networks in understanding medieval women's power but also the different ways these networks are represented in medieval sources and can be approached today. This volume reveals how women's networks were widespread and instrumental in shaping political, familial and spiritual legacies.

Author : Heather J. Tanner
Publisher : Springer
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9783030013462

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Medieval Elite Women and the Exercise of Power, 1100–1400 by Heather J. Tanner Pdf

For decades, medieval scholarship has been dominated by the paradigm that women who wielded power after c. 1100 were exceptions to the “rule” of female exclusion from governance and the public sphere. This collection makes a powerful case for a new paradigm. Building on the premise that elite women in positions of authority were expected, accepted, and routine, these essays traverse the cities and kingdoms of France, England, Germany, Portugal, and the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem in order to illuminate women’s roles in medieval power structures. Without losing sight of the predominance of patriarchy and misogyny, contributors lay the groundwork for the acceptance of female public authority as normal in medieval society, fostering a new framework for understanding medieval elite women and power.

Author : Ana Rodríguez
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1942401922

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Women and Power in the Middle Ages by Ana Rodríguez Pdf

Author : Kay Eastwood
Publisher : Crabtree Publishing Company
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0778713466

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Women and Girls in the Middle Ages by Kay Eastwood Pdf

Women and Girls in the Middle Ages shows the roles and duties of women and girls of the nobility and peasantry, and the choices they had. Special emphasis on medieval dress and beauty, women of power, and women of other lands during the same period in history.

Author : Karen Glente,Lise Winther-Jensen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Middle Ages
ISBN : STANFORD:36105043180020

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Female Power in the Middle Ages by Karen Glente,Lise Winther-Jensen Pdf

Author : Jennifer Carpenter,Sally-Beth MacLean
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 0252065042

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Power of the Weak by Jennifer Carpenter,Sally-Beth MacLean Pdf

Covering the eleventh through sixteenth centuries, these essays suggest that influence and power may have paradoxically been available to women despite, and sometimes precisely because of, their subordinate position in society. Striking for its range of scholarship, this collection explores the power and independence, relationships and influence of medieval queens, holy women, mothers, widows, Jewish conversas, and others. Latin and Anglo-Norman hagiography, confessors' manuals, coronation rituals, responsa literature, and legal theory are represented. "An intriguing exploration of a basic paradox of medieval society, and an excellent blend of theory and gender studies with detailed work relevant for social and political history." -- Joel Rosenthal, author of Patriarchy and Families of Privilege in Fifteenth-Century England JENNIFER CARPENTER is a lecturer in history at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Author : Susan M. Johns
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2003-09-20
Category : History
ISBN : 0719063051

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Noblewomen, Aristocracy and Power in the Twelfth-Century Anglo-Norman Realm by Susan M. Johns Pdf

This is the first study of noblewomen in 12th-century England and Normandy, and of the ways in which they exercised power. It draws on a rich mix of evidence to offer an important reconceptualization of women's role in aristocratic society, and in doing so suggests new ways of looking at lordship and the ruling elite in the high middle ages. The book considers a wide range of literary sources such as chronicles, charters, seals and governmental records to draw out a detailed picture of noblewomen in the 12th-century Anglo-Norman realm. It asserts the importance of the lifecycle in determining the power of these aristocratic women, thereby demonstrating that the influence of gender on lordship was profound, complex and varied.

Author : Christine Sciacca
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-06
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781606065266

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Illuminating Women in the Medieval World by Christine Sciacca Pdf

When one thinks of women in the Middle Ages, the images that often come to mind are those of damsels in distress, mystics in convents, female laborers in the field, and even women of ill repute. In reality, however, medieval conceptions of womanhood were multifaceted, and women’s roles were varied and nuanced. Female stereotypes existed in the medieval world, but so too did women of power and influence. The pages of illuminated manuscripts reveal to us the many facets of medieval womanhood and slices of medieval life—from preoccupations with biblical heroines and saints to courtship, childbirth, and motherhood. While men dominated artistic production, this volume demonstrates the ways in which female artists, authors, and patrons were instrumental in the creation of illuminated manuscripts. Featuring over one hundred illuminations depicting medieval women from England to Ethiopia, this book provides a lively and accessible introduction to the lives of women in the medieval world.

Author : Sandy Bardsley
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2007-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : UCSC:32106018761632

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Women's Roles in the Middle Ages by Sandy Bardsley Pdf

Information about women in this truly fascinating period from 500 to 1500 is in great demand and has been a challenge for historians to uncover. Bardsley has mined a wide range of primary sources, from noblewomen's writing, court rolls, chivalric literature, laws and legal documents, to archeology and artwork. This fresh survey provides readers with an excellent understanding of how women high and low fared in terms of religion, work, family, law, culture, and politics and public life. Even though medieval women were divided by social class, religion, age, marital status, place and period, they were all subject to an overarching patriarchal structure and sometimes could transcend their inferior status. Numerous examples of these exceptional women and their words are included. Chapter 1 examines religion, focusing on women's roles in the early Christian church, the lives of nuns and other professional religious women such as anchoresses and Beguines, the participation of Christian laywomen, and the experiences of Jewish and Islamic women in Western Europe. The second chapter examines women's work, looking in turn at the kinds of work performed by peasant women, townswomen, and noblewomen. Women's roles within the family form the subject of the third chapter. This chapter follows women throughout the typical lifecycle - from girl to widow - examining the expectations and experiences of women at each stage. Chapter 4, Women and the Law, focuses on the ways in which laws both restricted and protected women. It also considers the crimes with which women were most often charged and surveys laws regarding marriage and widowhood. Women's roles in creative arts form the basis of the fifth chapter, Women and Culture. This chapter examines women's roles as artists, authors, composers, and patrons, as well as investigating the ways in which women were represented in works produced by men. Finally, chapter 6 discusses women's experiences in politics and public life. While women as a group were typically banned from holding positions of public authority, some found ways to get around this stricture, while others were able to exercise power behind the scenes. The final chapter thus encapsulates a major theme of this book: the interplay between broader patriarchal forces that limited women's status and autonomy and the role of individuals who were able to overcome or circumvent such forces. Medieval women were, as a group, subordinate to their husbands and fathers, but certain women, under certain circumstances, evaded subordination.

Author : Anna Roberts
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780813063706

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Violence Against Women in Medieval Texts by Anna Roberts Pdf

This volume brings together specialists from different areas of medieval literary study to focus on the role of habits of thought in shaping attitudes toward women during the Middle Ages. The essays range from Old English literature to the Spanish Inquisition and encompass such genres as romance, chronicles, hagiography, and legal documents.

Author : Mary C. Erler,Maryanne Kowaleski
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2018-08-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501723957

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Gendering the Master Narrative by Mary C. Erler,Maryanne Kowaleski Pdf

Gendering the Master Narrative asks whether a female tradition of power might have existed distinct from the male one, and how such a tradition might have been transmitted. It describes women's progress toward power as a push-pull movement, showing how practices and institutions that ostensibly enabled women in the Middle Ages could sometimes erode their authority as well.This book provides a much-needed theoretical and historical reassessment of medieval women's power. It updates the conclusions from the editors' essential volume on that topic, Women and Power in the Middle Ages, which was published in 1988 and altered the prevailing view of female subservience by correcting the nearly ubiquitous equation of "power" with "public authority." Most scholars now accept a broader definition of power based on the interactions between men and women.In their Introduction, Mary C. Erler and Maryanne Kowaleski survey the directions in which the study of medieval women's agency has developed in the past fifteen years. Like its predecessor, this volume is richly interdisciplinary. It contains essays by highly regarded scholars of history, literature, and art history, and features seventeen black-and-white illustrations and two maps.

Author : Frances Gies,Joseph Gies
Publisher : N.Y. : Barnes & Noble
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Europe
ISBN : 006464037X

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Women in the Middle Ages by Frances Gies,Joseph Gies Pdf

Correcting the omissions of traditional history, this is "a reliable survey of the real and varied roles played by women in the medieval period. . . . Highly recommended."--"Choice" Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.