This edition has a total of 931 distinct feminine names, 1658 masculine names, and 3 where the gender is uncertain. Of these, 44 of the feminine entries are new to this edition: Women’s names Agtrude Albina Ansilde Aurofina Baltrude Bellabona Benenata Berna Bernswith Bernwara Bertlinde D...
Such, too, is the achievement of this exhibition, which draws people in with names they know and then goes on to introduce them to a great many more they might otherwise never have encountered. It paints an detailed picture of life for all these women, at all levels of society, in medi...
Discussing women's sexual desire has long been perceived as a taboo in the East and the West as well. Undeniably, there is a stigma attached to it which, unfortunately, continues even today. However, surprisingly enough, the ancient and the medieval Indi...
The final section considers the lives and writings of remarkable women, including Marie de France, Heloise, Joan of Arc, Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe, and female lyricists and romancers whose names are lost, but whose texts survive. 展开 ...
Women Defamed and Women Defended: An Anthology of Medieval Texts. REVIEWS her chapter in volume 1. Because of the sociohistoric circumstances, per颅 sonal names receive proportionally more attention in volume 2 than do place names. As Clark shows, the changes from personal naming between Old and...
Examines the sources, structures, agency, and value of biography. Using Edith and Emma, Stafford discusses the structures that shaped women’s lives and their roles therein. Biography is a mode to understand agency; motherhood is a basis for agency. Important for the perennial tension between ind...
The mirror made it possible for men and women to see themselves as others did. It confirmed their individuality and inspired a greater sense of autonomy and potential. By 1500 mirrors were cheap, and their impact had spread through society. Mr. Mortimer sets out to show that the medieval ...
Peasants generally got up just before sunrise to say their morning prayers. The reeve, otherwise known as the manor supervisor, would then assign tasks for the day. Women mostly stayed at home, tending to the chores (e.g. milking cows, cooking, washing, feeding livestock, weeding the garden...
. The right side of the shield is the dexter and the left side the sinister, with the right and left being from the viewpoint of someone holding the shield from behind, as in battle. The colours used in a shield are known as tinctures and have their own particular heraldic names. The...
But what about all the women who never became pregnant – or who became pregnant and lost their babies, before or during labour? I wanted to study these never-mother women, to understand how they (and their families) grieved for children who never were. We’re often told that, in the ...