This is a history of the early European middle ages through the eyes of women, combining the rich literature of women's history with original research in the context of mainstream history and traditional chronology. The book begins at the end of the Roman empire and ends with the start of the long eleventh century, when women and men set out to test the old frontiers of Europe. The book recreates the lives of ordinary women but also tells personal stories of individuals. Each chapter also questions an assumption of medieval historiography, and uses the few documents produced by women themselves, along with archaeological evidence, art, and the written records of medieval men, to tell of women, their experiences and ideas, and their relations with men. It covers the continent and its exotic edges, such as Iceland, Ireland, and Iberia; looking at women Christian and non-Christian alike.
| ISBN: | 9780521597739 |
| Publication date: | 24th October 2002 |
| Author: | Lisa M Professor of History and Religion, University of Southern California Bitel |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 348 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Medieval Textbooks |
| Genres: |
European history: medieval period, middle ages Gender studies: women and girls Social and cultural history |
This is a history of the early European middle ages through the eyes of women, combining the rich literature of women's history with original research in the context of mainstream history and traditional chronology. The book begins at the end of the Roman empire and ends with the start of the long eleventh century, when women and men set out to test the old frontiers of Europe. The book recreates the lives of ordinary women but also tells personal stories of individuals. Each chapter also questions an assumption of medieval historiography, and uses the few documents produced by women themselves, along with archaeological evidence, art, and the written records of medieval men, to tell of women, their experiences and ideas, and their relations with men. It covers the continent and its exotic edges, such as Iceland, Ireland, and Iberia; looking at women Christian and non-Christian alike.
Women in Early Medieval Europe, 400–1100 features in the following genres: European history: medieval period, middle ages, Gender studies: women and girls, Social and cultural history
Women in Early Medieval Europe, 400–1100 is available in Hardback, Paperback
Women in Early Medieval Europe, 400–1100 was written by Lisa M Professor of History and Religion, University of Southern California Bitel and published by Cambridge University Press
Women in Early Medieval Europe, 400–1100 has 348 pages
Yes it is part of Cambridge Medieval Textbooks series
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