The fragility of her sex? : medieval Irishwomen in their European context / Christine Meek & Katharine Simms, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Meek, Christine.

Simms, Katharine.

Series:

Studies on medieval and early modern women ; 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--History--Middle Ages, 500-1500--Congresses.

Women.

Women--History--Renaissance, 1450-1600--Congresses.

Women--Ireland--History--Congresses.

Women--Europe--History--Congresses.

History.

Europe.

Ireland.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

240 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Dublin : Four Courts, 1995.

Contents:

Marriage laws in Ireland and on the continent in the Early Middle Ages / Bart Jaski

Women poets in early medieval Ireland : stating the case / Thomas Owen Clancy

'Cursed by my parents' : a view of marriage from the Lais of Marie de France / Bernadette Williams

Short shrouds and sharp shrews : echoes of Jacques de Vitry in the Dánta grádha / Grace Neville

The absentee landlady and the sturdy robbers : Agnes de Valence / Cormac Ó Cléirigh

The English noblewoman and her family in the later Middle Ages / Jennifer C. Ward

Women, dowries and the family in late medieval Italian cities / Christine E. Meek

The lady in the tower : the social and political role of women in tower houses / Mary McAuliffe

Was there a political role for women in medieval Ireland? : Lady Margaret Butler and Lady Eleanor MacCarthy / Elizabeth McKenna.

Notes:

Based on papers presented at a conference at Trinity College Dublin.

First in a new series "Studies on medieval and early modern women"--From the Four Courts Press website.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-194) and index.

ISBN:

1851821724

OCLC:

35646216