Middle-Aged Women in the Middle Ages
D.S. Brewer (Verlag)
978-1-84384-282-8 (ISBN)
The phenomenon of medieval women's middle age is a stage in the lifecycle that has been frequently overlooked in preference for the examination of female youth and old age. The essays collected here, ranging from the Anglo-Saxon to the late medieval period, and drawing variously from literary studies, history, law, art and theology, address this lacuna. Taking a variety of critical approaches, the contributors consider medieval definitions, paradigms andexperiences of female middle age, analysing how the middle-aged woman perceived herself subjectively, as well as how she was perceived by others. They seek to challenge the received wisdom that in the middle ages, at forty, womenwere deemed "old" and, from that point onwards, their thoughts should be focused on preparing for death. On the contrary, this collection demonstrates their energy, defiance and wit.
Sue Niebrzydowski is Lecturer in English, Bangor University, Wales.
Contributors: Jane Geddes, Clare A. Lees, Carol M. Meale, Anneke B. Mulder-Bakker, Sue Niebrzydowski, Raluca L. Radulescu, Sara Elin Roberts, Corinne Saunders, Diane Watt.
Sue Niebrzydowski is Professor in Medieval Literature at Bangor University. She has published widely in the areas of medieval women's writing and gender and devotion. Corinne Saunders is Professor of Medieval Literature at the Department of English Studies, University of Durham. Professor Diane Watt is Head of the School of English and Languages, University of Surrey. Secretaries of God won the 1998 Foster Watson Memorial Gift. Dr Raluca Radulescu is Senior Lecturer in Medieval Literature, Bangor University Sara Elin Roberts is a historian specialising in the law, literature and culture of Wales and the March from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries. She has been working on medieval Welsh lawbooks for more than two decades. Sue Niebrzydowski is Professor in Medieval Literature at Bangor University. She has published widely in the areas of medieval women's writing and gender and devotion.
Introduction: 'Becoming bene-straw': The Middle-aged Woman in the Middle Ages - Sue Niebrzydowski
The Age of Discretion: Women at Forty and Beyond - Anneke B. Mulder-Bakker
Seeking the Middle-Aged Woman in Medieval Wales - Sara Elin Roberts
Middle Age in Romance? Magic, Enchantment and Female Power - Corinne Saunders
Age and Desire in the Old English Life of Mary of Egypt: A Queerer Time and Place? - Diane Watt
Age and Desire in the Old English Life of Mary of Egypt: A Queerer Time and Place? - Clare Lees
The St Albans Psalter: Sex, Desire and the Middle-aged Woman - Jane Geddes
Speaking Volumes: the Middle Aged Woman and the Book in Medieval England - Carol Meale
'Late hir seye what sche wyl': Older Women's Speech and the Book of Margery Kempe - Sue Niebrzydowski
Preparing for Mature Years: the Case of Margaret of Anjou and her Books - Raluca Radulescu
Bibliography
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 15.12.2011 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Gender in the Middle Ages |
| Co-Autor | Anneke B. Mulder-Bakker, Carol Meale, Professor Clare Lees, Corinne Saunders |
| Zusatzinfo | 9 b/w illus. |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-84384-282-3 / 1843842823 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-84384-282-8 / 9781843842828 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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