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...
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 ...
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...
Power in medieval society has traditionally been ascribed to figures of public authority--violent knights and conflicting sovereigns who altered th...
This extensively researched volume is an important addition to the REED series and will be fascinating to those interested in the history of London and of the theatre in general.
This extensively researched volume is an important addition to the REED series and will be fascinating to those interested in the history of London an...
