Women of the Twelfth Century Eve and the Church

Name: Women of the Twelfth Century
Author: Georges Duby

Auteur: Georges Duby

Taal: Engels

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Auteur: Georges Duby

Engels
Hardcover
9780745619002
16 mei 1998
128 pagina's

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Georges Duby is probably the most well-known historian of medieval Europe. This book is the final part of a major three-volume work on women in the Middle Ages. The theme is very topical and will appeal to historians of the Middle Ages, to those interested in the history of women, and to those interested in religious history.

In Women of the Twelfth Century: Eve and the Church, Georges Duby concerns himself with the relationship between women and the church, examining the ways in which women were viewed from a Christian point of view. By the twelfth century, the Church had begun to take the role and expectations of women seriously, and the clerical writings discussed in this work address the particular issues that emerged from this development.

In the first chapter, "The Sins of Women", Duby concentrates on the sins deemed to be particular to women (amongst others these include sorcery, disobedience, and licentiousness) and focuses especially on the male fear of female sexuality and magic. The second chapter is based on twelfth-century commentaries on the chapters in Genesis dealing with Eve's role in the fall from grace in the Garden of Eden. Interpreting these writings, and the earlier writings upon which they were based, Duby shows how they reflect the reasoning behind the view held of women as unstable, curious, and frivolous creatures. The third section is based on letters written by clerics to women of noble status and nuns. Here, while the charges of instability and frivolousness are once again levelled at women, their praise is also sung for their marital and motherly values. The final section concentrates solely on the most famous text of this period by Andreas Capellanus (De Amore), and sets it within the context of the supposed twelfth-century discovery of love and the courtly love tradition.

As the third and last part of Duby's three-volume study of the lives of French noblewomen of the twelfth century, this book confirms the author as one of the greatest historians of the Middle Ages. It will be of great interest to students and researchers of medieval history and women's history, as well as anyone interested in the historical relationship between women and the Church.

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 16 mei 1998
Aantal pagina's: 128
Illustraties: Met illustraties

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Hoofdauteur: Georges Duby
Hoofduitgeverij: Polity Press

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Eerste Vertaler: Jean Birrell

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Editie: Volume 3
Product breedte: 161 mm
Product hoogte: 15 mm
Product lengte: 239 mm
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 160 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 15 mm
Verpakking lengte: 238 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 336 g

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EAN: 9780745619002

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Categorieën: Mens & Maatschappij

Geschiedenis

Poëzie, Bloemlezingen & Letterkunde

Sociale groepen

Literatuurwetenschap

Sociale & Culturele geschiedenis

Genderstudies

Klassiek & Middeleeuws

Vrouwen & Meisjes

Periodes

Middeleeuwen (500-1500)

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Taal: Engels
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Periode: Oudheid, Middeleeuwen

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