Medieval Women and War
Female Roles in the Old French Tradition
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2020
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-78831-519-7 (ISBN)
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-78831-519-7 (ISBN)
For the first time, Sophie Harwood uses the Old French tradition as a lens through which to examine women and warfare from the 12th to the 14th centuries. The result is a skilled analysis of gender roles in the medieval era, and a heightened awareness of how important literary texts are to our understanding of the historical period in which they circulated.
Medieval Women and War examines both the text and illustrations of over 30 Old French manuscripts to highlight the ways in many of the texts differ from their traditionally assumed (usually classical) sources. Structured around five pivotal female types – women cited as causes for violence, women as victims of violence, women as ancillaries to warriors, women as warriors themselves, and women as political influences – this important book unpicks gendered boundaries to shed new light on the social, political and military structures of warfare as well as adding nuance to current debates on womanhood in the middle ages.
Medieval Women and War examines both the text and illustrations of over 30 Old French manuscripts to highlight the ways in many of the texts differ from their traditionally assumed (usually classical) sources. Structured around five pivotal female types – women cited as causes for violence, women as victims of violence, women as ancillaries to warriors, women as warriors themselves, and women as political influences – this important book unpicks gendered boundaries to shed new light on the social, political and military structures of warfare as well as adding nuance to current debates on womanhood in the middle ages.
Sophie Harwood is an independent scholar, who achieved her PhD in 2017 from the University of Leeds, UK.
List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgements
Notes on the Text
List of Abbreviations and Sigils
Introduction
1. Reading Texts through the Manuscript Tradition, 1150 - 1400
2. Women as Reasons for War
3. Women as Victims of War
4. Women as Ancillaries in War
5. Women as Warriors in War
6. Women as Diplomats in War
Conclusion
Appendix 1. Catalogue of Manuscripts
Appendix 2. Manuscript Illustrations of Women
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 21.08.2020 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 30 bw illus |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 503 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78831-519-7 / 1788315197 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78831-519-7 / 9781788315197 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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