Description
| Product ID: | 9780312232443 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Series: | The New Middle Ages |
| Title: | Gender in Debate From the Early Middle Ages to the Renaissance |
| Authors: | Author: C. Lees, T. Fenster |
| Page Count: | 292 |
| Subjects: | Literary studies: general, Literary studies: general, General and world history, History, History, Social and cultural history, Gender studies, gender groups, General & world history, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Social & cultural history, Gender studies, gender groups |
| Description: | Modern scholarship generally treats the "debate about women" (querelle des femmes) as a late medieval phenomenon, perhaps touched upon by canonic authors like Chaucer but truly begun by Christine de Pizan (1364-1429), and therefore primarily of English and French origin. This collection takes the view that authors like Chaucer and Christine de Pizan, often presented as unique, iconic promoters of a debate thought to have occurred primarily in England and France in the late medieval years, should in reality be considered participants in a larger conversation that served diverse political, social, and economic interests and took varied, culturally-determined forms; that greater frame and its contents are the emphasis of this volume. By exploring previously ignored areas, many present fresh material and produce reconceptualizations that use new methodologies. |
| Imprint Name: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Publisher Name: | Palgrave USA |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2002-04-15 |
