Motherhood, Religion, and Society in Medieval Europe, 400-1400 (eBook, PDF)

Essays Presented to Henrietta Leyser
Redaktion: Smith, Lesley; Leyser, Conrad

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This volume focuses on the paradox of motherhood in the European Middle Ages: to be a mother is at once to hold great power, and by the same token to be acutely vulnerable. The essays analyse the powers and the dangers of motherhood. Three main themes emerge: survival, agency, and institutionalization. The volume spans the Middle Ages, from late Roman North Africa through ninth-century Byzantium to late medieval Somerset, drawing in a range of historians, including textual scholars, literary critics, students of religion and economic historians.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317093978
• Artikelnr.: 49351062

Autorenporträt

Lesley Smith, Conrad Leyser

Inhaltsangabe

Motherhood, Religion, and Society in Medieval Europe, 400-1400

Rezensionen

'The editors and contributors are to be congratulated for [...] a book that on every page has something interesting and new to say about the varied lives of mothers... All contributors have taken the opportunity to widen their specific interests to stimulating conclusions.' English Historical Review