Middle-Aged Women in the Middle Ages ISBN: 9781846157936 Platform/Publisher: Cambridge Core / Boydell & Brewer Digital rights:Users: Unlimited; Printing: Unlimited; Download: Unlimited
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.
Niebrzydowski Sue :
Sue Niebrzydowski is Professor in Medieval Literature at Bangor University. She has published widely in the areas of medieval women's writing and gender and devotion.Saunders Corinne :
Corinne Saunders is Professor of Medieval Literature at the Department of English Studies, University of Durham.Watt Diane :
Professor Diane Watt is Head of the School of English and Languages, University of Surrey. Secretaries of God won the 1998 Foster Watson Memorial Gift.Radulescu Raluca :
Dr Raluca Radulescu is Senior Lecturer in Medieval Literature, Bangor UniversityRoberts Sara Elin :
Sara Elin Roberts is a historian specialising in the law, literature and culture of Wales and the March from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries. She has been working on medieval Welsh lawbooks for more than two decades.Niebrzydowski Sue :
Sue Niebrzydowski is Professor in Medieval Literature at Bangor University. She has published widely in the areas of medieval women's writing and gender and devotion.
