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The age of abbesses and queens : gender and political culture in early medieval Europe / Dick Harrison.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harrison, Dick, 1966-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Europe--History--Middle Ages, 500-1500.
- Women.
- Abbesses, Christian.
- History.
- Social conditions.
- Europe.
- Women--Europe--Social conditions--To 1500.
- Queens--Europe--History--To 1500.
- Queens.
- Abbesses, Christian--Europe--History--To 1500.
- Civilization, Medieval.
- Physical Description:
- 440 pages : maps ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lund, Sweden : Nordic Academic Press, [1998]
- Summary:
- Harrison (history, U. of Linkoping, Sweden) integrates the concept of gender into medieval political history. Through an analysis of narrative sources from the fifth century to the eighth century, he examines how a specific female cultural political culture was formed and the problems it caused for such male chroniclers as Gregory of Tours and Paul the Deacon. He also discusses how the challenges of powerful political women were often resolved in narrative through the use of stereotypes which include the evil stepmother, Cinderella saints, etc. Distributed by ISBS. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-431) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9189116046
- OCLC:
- 41658182
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