Saints, Scholars and Politicians
Subtitle: Gender as an Analytical Tool in Medieval Studies (Medieval Church Studies) (Medieval Church Studies)
Contributors: Mathilde van Dijk (Editor); Renee Nip (Editor)
Publisher: Brepols Publishers
Published: September 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9782503516547
Subjects: Medieval; History; History - General History; Europe; Historiography; Sex role; To 1500; Women; History: World
Description: "Over the past eighteen years, gender has become a major analytical tool in medieval studies. The purpose of this volume is to evaluate its use and to search for ways in which to improve and enhance its value. The authors address the question of how gender relates to other tools of medieval research. Several articles criticize the way in which an exclusive focus on gender tends to obscure the impact of other factors, for instance class, politics, economy, or the genre in which a source is written. Other articles address 'wrong' ways of using gender, for instance monolithic or anachronistic views of what constitutes differences between men and women. The intention is that this selection of case studies further establishes and enhances the indispensability of gender as an analytical tool within medieval studies."--Jacket.