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Reform and resistance : formations of female subjectivity in early medieval ecclesiastical culture / Helene Scheck.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Scheck, Helene.
- Series:
- SUNY series in medieval studies.
- SUNY series in medieval studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English literature--Old English, ca. 450-1100--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- Christian literature, English (Middle)--History and criticism.
- Christian literature, English (Middle).
- Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)--History and criticism.
- Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern).
- Women in Christianity--Germany--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
- Women in Christianity.
- Christianity and literature--Germany--History--To 1500.
- Christianity and literature.
- Germany--Church history--To 843.
- Germany.
- Germany--Church history--843-1517.
- Hrotsvitha, approximately 935-approximately 975--Criticism and interpretation.
- Hrotsvitha.
- Alcuin, 735-804--Criticism and interpretation.
- Alcuin.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (252 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : SUNY Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Explores the relationship between gender and identity in early medieval Germanic societies.
- Contents:
- Women in/and early ecclesiastical culture: an overview
- The limits of orthodoxy: being female and female being under Charlemagne
- Soul searching: Alcuin of York and his circle of female scholars
- Redressing the female subject: women, transvestite saints, and the Anglo-Saxon Benedictine reform
- Resounding silences: Mary and Eve in Anglo-Saxon reform literature
- Hrotsvit of Gandersheim: claiming her voice
- Hrotsvit of Gandersheim: recasting female subjectivities.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-228) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780791478134
- 0791478130
- 9781435663275
- 1435663276
- OCLC:
- 244786988
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