Saints, Scholars, and Politicians

Gender as a Tool in Medieval Studies

Edited by Mathilde van Dijk Edited by Renee IA Nip

Book cover: Saints, Scholars, and Politicians

Extent: 269, 269 pages

Publisher: Brepols Publishers

Subjects: Medieval Studies

Series: Medieval Church Studies

Series volume number: 15

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(July 2005)

ISBN: 9782503516547

Price: $38.00

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Over the past eighteen years, gender has become a major analytical tool in medieval studies. The purpose of this volume is to evaluate its use and to search for ways in which to improve and enhance its value. The authors address the question of how gender relates to other tools of medieval research. Several articles criticize the way in which an exclusive focus on gender tends to obscure the impact of other factors, for instance class, politics, economy, or the genre in which a source is written. Other articles address ‘wrong’ ways of using gender, for instance monolithic or anachronistic views of what constitutes differences between men and women.

  • Edited by Mathilde van Dijk
  • Edited by Renee IA Nip