Sharing the Stage: Biography and Gender in Western Civilization (Volume II)

Slaughter, Jane,Bokovoy, Melissa K.

ISBN 10: 0618011781 / ISBN 13: 9780618011780

Published by Cengage Learning, 2002

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Synopsis:

This chronologically arranged reader, designed as a supplement for the introductory western civilization course, centers on gender issues and women's history by including biographies of one man and one woman per chapter. Each chapter also includes background on the political and social climate of the period. The reader addresses three major teaching problems often found in the Western Civilization course: how to integrate women's history into traditional political and social narratives; how to explain to students that gender operates historically and that gender norms and constructs apply to both men and women; and how to capture and maintain student interest in distant events that seem to have little relevance to their lives.

Review: I. Ancient and Classical Worlds 1. The Challenges of Rule in New Kingdom: Hatshepsut (1479-1458 B.C.E.) and Thutmose III (1479-1425 B.C.E.) 2. Politics and Private Life in Classical Athens: Pericles (?494-429 B.C.E.) and Aspasia (?470-410 B.C.E.) 3. A Roman Matron and Her Revolutionary Sons: Cornelia (Second Century B.C.E.), Tiberius Gracchus (163-133 B.C.E.), and Gaius Gracchus (154-121 B.C.E.) 4. The Imperial Model: August ne Gaius Octavius (63 B.C.E.-14 C.E.) and Livia Drusilla (58 B.C.E.-29 C.E.) II. Christianity and the Heirs to the Roman Empire 5. Spritual Partners in Christian Asceticism: Jerome (?346-420 C.E.) and Paula (347-404 C.E.) 6. The Franks and the Transformation of the Roman World: Clotild of Burgundy (475-548) and Clovis I (466?-511) 7. The Byzantine Empire: Justinian (483?-565) and Theodora (497-548) 8. Public Power in Private Hands: Eleanor of Aquitaine (ca. 1122-1204) and Henry II (1133-1189) III. An Emerging European Civilization in the West 9. New Culture of Learning: Peter Abelard (1079-1142) and Heloise (1100/1101-1163/1164) 10. Politics and Sanctity in Fourteenth-Century Europe: Gregory XI (1330-1378) and Catherine of Sienna (1347-1380) 11. Renaissance Possibilities: Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472) and Isotta Nagarola (1418-1466) 12.Catholic Monarchs in the Old and New Worlds: Ferdinand of Aragon (1452-1516) and Isabella of Castile (1451-1504) 13. The Protestant Reformation in Germany: Martin Luther (1483-1546) and Katharina von Bora (1499-1552) 14. The Scientific Revolution: Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) and Sister Maria Celeste (nee Virginia Galilei (1600-1634))

Bibliographic Details

Title: Sharing the Stage: Biography and Gender in ...
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Publication Date: 2002
Binding: paperback
Condition: Good