Women and writing in medieval Europe : a sourcebook /
Carolyne Larrington has gathered together a uniquely comprehensive collection of writing by, for and about medieval women, spanning one thousand years and Europe from Iceland to Byzantiu. The extracts are arranged thematically, dealing with the central areas of medieval women's lives and their...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
1995
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | Carolyne Larrington has gathered together a uniquely comprehensive collection of writing by, for and about medieval women, spanning one thousand years and Europe from Iceland to Byzantiu. The extracts are arranged thematically, dealing with the central areas of medieval women's lives and their relation to social and cultural institutions. Each section is contextualised with a brief historical introduction, and the materials span literary, historical, theological and other narrative and imaginative writing. The writings here uncover and confound the stereotype of the medieval woman as lady or v. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 277 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-268) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0203358244 9780203358245 9780415106849 0415106842 9780415106856 0415106850 9786610061709 661006170X 113484333X 9781134843336 1280061707 9781280061707 9781134843282 1134843283 9781134843329 1134843321 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
