Sisters and Workers in the Middle Ages

ISBN 10: 0226042480 / ISBN 13: 9780226042480

Published by University of Chicago Press, 1994

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Synopsis:

Focusing on medieval women with a wide range of occupations and life-styles, the interdisciplinary essays in this collection examine women's activities within the patriarchal structures of the time. Individual essays explore women's challenges to a sexual ideology that confined them strictly to the roles of wives, mothers, and servants. Also included are sections on women and work, cultural production and literacy, and religious life.

These essays provide a greater understanding of the ways in which gender has played a part in determining relations of power in Western cultures. This volume makes a vital contribution to the current scholarship about women in the Middle Ages.

From the Back Cover: These essays provide a greater understanding of the ways on which gender has played a part in determining relations of power in Western cultures. This volume makes a vital contribution to the current scholarship about women in the Middle Ages.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Sisters and Workers in the Middle Ages
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication Date: 1994
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket