Premodern history and art through the prism of gender in East-Central Europe / edited by Daniela Rywiková and Michaela Antonín Malaníková.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rywiková, Daniela, editor.

Antonín Malaníková, Michaela, editor.

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Czech Republic--Social conditions--History.

Women.

Women--Czech Republic--Historiography.

Arts and society--Czech Republic--History.

Arts and society.

Arts--Historiography.

Arts.

Historiography.

Women--Historiography.

Women--Social conditions.

History.

Social conditions.

Czech Republic--Historiography.

Czech Republic.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xvi, 271 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2022]

Summary:

"This collection examines premodern history and art in East-Central Europe viewed from the perspective of gender and women's history. It gathers Czech art and other historians of all generations in order to introduce this segment of history writing to global academia"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I WOMEN AND GENDER IN CZECH MEDIEVAL HISTORY

1. Women's History and Gender History as Part of Czech Medieval Studies / Michaela Antonin Malanikova

pt. II GENDER IDENTITY THROUGH THE PRISM OF VISUAL ARTS

2. Medieval Art in the Czech Lands through the Prism of Gender: The Visual Culture of Female Monasteries in Medieval Bohemia and Moravia / Daniela Rywikova

3. Kunigunde

'Bartered Bride' and Bride of Christ / Jennifer Vlcek Shurr

4. Gender in Czech Secular Art of the Late Middle Ages / Jan Dienstbier

pt. III GENDERING THE MEDIEVAL LITERATURE

5. Women as Men and Men as Women? Gender Roles in Anglo-Saxon Literature Reversed / Tereza Kalouskova

6. Allegory in Service of Gendered Body Politics: Kingdom of Bohemia in a Time of Crisis / Vera Soukupova

7. Reading About Men and For Men: Daughters against Fathers, Violence, and Wisdom in One Medieval Manuscript / Martin Sorm

pt. IV MIDWIVES AND LOVERS: TWO PRE-MODERN CASE STUDIES

8. Why Do We Not Hear the Praise of Skillful Women Who Are Writing Books about It? Early Modern Obstetric Manuals from the German-Speaking Regions from a Gender Perspective / Hana Jadrna Matejkova

9. Benedetta Carlini, Catalina Erauso, and Catharina Margaretha Linck: Stories of Love between Women from the Sixteenth Century to the Early Eighteenth Century / Dasa Francikova.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-256) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Premodern history and art through the prism of gender in East-Central Europe

ISBN:

9781666905236

1666905232

OCLC:

1265086148

Publisher Number:

99990694780