This transdisciplinary text explores medieval perceptions of pilgrimage, gender and space. The author examines real life examples of women pilgrims as evidence for the widespread presence of women pilgrims, as well as secular and literary texts concerning pilgrimage and women pilgrims represented in the visual arts. She argues that women pilgrims were inextricably linked with sexuality and their presence on the pilgrimage trails was viewed as tainting sacred space.
This transdisciplinary text explores medieval perceptions of pilgrimage, gender and space. The author examines real life examples of women pilgrims as...
The concept of virginity is developed within and across a number of different discourses in the Middle Ages: medical scientific treatises, patristic writings, and the medieval commentaries on them, legal records and literary texts. This book explores the representations of virginity and its verifications in these discourses to present a lucid study of the significance of virginity in the Middle Ages.
The concept of virginity is developed within and across a number of different discourses in the Middle Ages: medical scientific treatises, patristic w...
People in the Middle Ages lived in pluralistic societies, and they found highly complex ways of dealing with religious and cultural diversity. This book explores the subject of cultural exchange between Christians and Muslims in medieval Iberia by focusing primarily on conversion and mixed marriages.
People in the Middle Ages lived in pluralistic societies, and they found highly complex ways of dealing with religious and cultural diversity. This bo...
Agrarian Change and Crisis in Europe, 1200-1500 addresses one of the classic subjects on economic history - the process of aggregate economic growth and the crisis that engulfed the European continent during the late Middle Ages.
Agrarian Change and Crisis in Europe, 1200-1500 addresses one of the classic subjects on economic history - the process of aggregate economic growth a...
Divorce in Medieval England is intended to reorient scholarly perceptions concerning divorce in the medieval period. Divorce, as we think of it today, is usually considered to be a modern invention. This book challenges that viewpoint, documenting the many and varied uses of divorce in the medieval period and highlighting the fact that couples regularly divorced on the grounds of spousal incompatibility. Because the medieval church was determined to uphold the sacrament of marriage whenever possible, divorce in the medieval period was a much more complicated process than it is...
Divorce in Medieval England is intended to reorient scholarly perceptions concerning divorce in the medieval period. Divorce, as we think ...
This book is a comparative analysis of the medieval Sunni historiography of the caliphate of Uthman b. Affan and the revolt against him. By comparing treatments of Uthman in pietistic literature and universal chronicles, the work traces the gradual silencing of more critical accounts in favor of those that portray Uthman as a saintly companion of the Prophet Muhammad. Through a comparative analysis of authors between genres and time periods, this book shows how authors were able to convey their personal perspectives on important religio-political tensions that emerged through the revolt...
This book is a comparative analysis of the medieval Sunni historiography of the caliphate of Uthman b. Affan and the revolt against him. By comparing ...
This book challenges the belief that female virginity can be reliably and unambiguously defined, tested and verified. Kelly analyses a variety of medieval Western European texts - including medical treatises and their Classical antecedents - and historical and legal documents. The main focus is the representation of both male and female virgins in saints' legends and romances. The author also makes a comparative study of examples from contemporary fiction, television and film in which testing virginity is a theme. Performing Virginity and Testing Chastity in the Middle Ages presents a...
This book challenges the belief that female virginity can be reliably and unambiguously defined, tested and verified. Kelly analyses a variety of medi...
This thought-provoking book explores medieval perceptions of pilgrimage, gender and space. It examines real life evidence for the widespread presence of women pilgrims, as well as secular and literary texts concerning pilgrimage and women pilgrims represented in the visual arts. Women pilgrims were inextricably linked with sexuality and their presence on the pilgrimage trails was viewed as tainting sacred space.
This thought-provoking book explores medieval perceptions of pilgrimage, gender and space. It examines real life evidence for the widespread presence ...
