Middle-Aged Women in the Middle Ages (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

New research into medieval women from the Anglo-Saxon to the late medieval period demonstrates their energy, defiance and wit.

The phenomenon of medieval women's middle age is a stage in the lifecycle that has been frequently overlooked in preference for the examination of female youth and old age. The essays collected here, ranging from the Anglo-Saxon to the late medieval period, and drawing variously from literary studies, history, law, art and theology, address this lacuna. Taking a variety of critical approaches, the contributors consider medieval definitions, paradigms andexperiences of female middle age, analysing how the middle-aged woman perceived herself subjectively, as well as how she was perceived by others. They seek to challenge the received wisdom that in the middle ages, at forty, womenwere deemed "old" and, from that point onwards, their thoughts should be focused on preparing for death. On the contrary, this collection demonstrates their energy, defiance and wit.

Sue Niebrzydowski is Lecturer in English, Bangor University, Wales.

Contributors: Jane Geddes, Clare A. Lees, Carol M. Meale, Anneke B. Mulder-Bakker, Sue Niebrzydowski, Raluca L. Radulescu, Sara Elin Roberts, Corinne Saunders, Diane Watt.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781846157936
• Artikelnr.: 63556263

Autorenporträt

Sue Niebrzydowski

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: 'Becoming bene
straw': The Middle
aged Woman in the Middle Ages
Sue Niebrzydowski The Age of Discretion: Women at Forty and Beyond
Anneke B. Mulder
Bakker Seeking the Middle
Aged Woman in Medieval Wales
Sara Elin Roberts Middle Age in Romance? Magic, Enchantment and Female Power
Corinne Saunders Age and Desire in the Old English Life of Mary of Egypt: A Queerer Time and Place?
Diane Watt Age and Desire in the Old English Life of Mary of Egypt: A Queerer Time and Place?
Clare Lees The St Albans Psalter: Sex, Desire and the Middle
aged Woman
Jane Geddes Speaking Volumes: the Middle Aged Woman and the Book in Medieval England
Carol Meale 'Late hir seye what sche wyl': Older Women's Speech and the Book of Margery Kempe
Sue Niebrzydowski Preparing for Mature Years: the Case of Margaret of Anjou and her Books
Raluca Radulescu Bibliography