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Religious Men and Masculine Identity in the Middle Ages
Essays offering new approaches to the changing forms of medieval religious masculinity. The complex relationship between masculinity and religion, as experienced in both the …
Premodern Masculinities in Transition
Sheds new light on how masculinity was understood, lived, performed and viewed during a period of huge change. Premodern masculinity was multivalent and dynamic, a series of …
Reconsidering Gender, Time and Memory in Medieval Culture
A consideration of the ways in which the past was framed and remembered in the pre-modern world. The training and use of memory was crucial in medieval culture, given the limited …
The Pastoral Care of Women in Late Medieval England
A close examination of religious texts illuminates the way in which parish priests dealt with their female parishioners in the middle ages. The question of how priests were taught …
Addressing Women in Early Medieval Religious Texts
An investigation into texts specifically addressed to women sheds new light on female literary cultures. From the tenth to the twelfth centuries in England and Scotland we have …
Monsters, Gender and Sexuality in Medieval English Literature
A gendered reading of monster and the monstrous body in medieval literature. Monsters abound in Old and Middle English literature, from Grendel and his mother in Beowulf to those …
Medicine, Religion and Gender in Medieval Culture
An exploration of the relations between medical and religious discourse and practice in medieval culture, focussing on how they are affected by gender. Current preoccupations with …
Gender, Nation and Conquest in the Works of William of Malmesbury
A fresh new approach to the works of William of Malmesbury, looking in particular at his presentation of men and women. William of Malmesbury is one of the most important English …
Female Devotion and Textile Imagery in Medieval English Literature
Uncovers the female voices, lived experiences, and spiritual insights encoded by the imagery of textiles in the Middle Ages. For millennia, women have spoken and read through …
Holy Harlots in Medieval English Religious Literature
First comprehensive investigation of the major significance of female sinners turned saints in medieval literature. During the Middle Ages, the lives of saints such as Mary …
Female Desire in Chaucer's Legend of Good Women and Middle English Romance
An examination of female same-sex desire in Chaucer and medieval romance. In both medieval and modern contexts, women who do not desire men invite awkward silences. Men's dissident …
Middle-Aged Women in the Middle Ages
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 …