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Silences of the Middle Ages

Christiane Klapisch-Zuber, editor

(A history of women in the West / Georges Duby and Michelle Perrot, general editors, v. 2)

Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1994

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OR:Storia delle donne in Occidente

Originally published: Roma-Bari : Gius. Laterza & Figli Spa , 1990

Bibliography: p. [541]-554

Includes index

内容説明・目次

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: pbk ISBN 9780674403680

内容説明

Drawing on myriad sources-from the faint traces left by the rocking of a cradle at the site of an early medieval home to an antique illustration of Eve's fall from grace-this second volume in the celebrated series offers new perspectives on women of the past. Twelve distinguished historians from many countries examine the image of women in the masculine mind, their social condition, and their daily experience from the demise of the Roman Empire to the genesis of the Italian Renaissance. More than in any other era, a medieval woman's place in society was determined by men; her sexuality was perceived as disruptive and dangerous, her proper realm that of the home and cloister. The authors draw upon the writings of bishops and abbots, moralists and merchants, philosophers and legislators, to illuminate how men controlled women's lives. Sumptuary laws regulating feminine dress and ornament, pastoral letters admonishing women to keep silent and remain chaste, and learned treatises with their fantastic theories about women's physiology are fully explored in these pages. As adoration of the Virgin Mary reached full flower by the year 1200, ecclesiastics began to envision motherhood as a holy role; misogyny, however, flourished unrestrained in local proverbs, secular verses, and clerical thought throughout the period. Were women's fates sealed by the dictates of church and society? The authors investigate legal, economic, and demographic aspects of family and communal life between the sixth and the fifteenth centuries and bring to light the fleeting moments in which women managed to seize some small measure of autonomy over their lives. The notion that courtly love empowered feudal women is discredited in this volume. The pattern of wear on a hearthstone, fingerprints on a terracotta pot, and artifacts from everyday life such as scissors, thimbles, spindles, and combs are used to reconstruct in superb detail the commonplace tasks that shaped women's existence inside and outside the home. As in antiquity, male fantasies and fears are evident in art. Yet a growing number of women rendered visions of their own gender in sumptuous tapestries and illuminations. The authors look at the surviving texts of female poets and mystics and document the stirrings of a quiet revolution throughout the West, as a few daring women began to preserve their thoughts in writing.

目次

Writing the History of Women Georges Duby and Michelle Perrot Including Women Christiane Klapisch-Zuber Translated by Arthur Goldhammer 1. Norms of Control 1. The Clerical Gaze Jacques Dalarun Translated by Arthur Goldhammer 2. The Nature of Woman Claude Thomasset Translated by Arthur Goldhammer 3. The Protected Woman Carla Casagrande Translated by Clarissa Botsford 4. The Good Wife Silvana Vecchio Translated by Clarissa Botsford 5. Regulating Women's Fashion Diane Owen Hughes 2. Family and Social Strategies 6. Women from the Fifth to the Tenth Century Suzanne Fonay Wemple 7. The Feudal Order Paulette L'Hermite-Leclercq Translated and adapted by Arthur Goldhammer 8. The Courtly Model Georges Duby Translated by Arthur Goldhammer 9. Life in the Late Middle Ages Claudia Opitz Translated by Deborah Lucas Schneider 3. Vestiges and Images of Women 10. The World of Women Francoise Piponnier Translated by Arthur Goldhammer 11. The Imagined Woman Chiara Frugoni Translated by Clarissa Botsford 4. Women's Words 12. Literary and Mystical Voices Danielle Renier-Bohler Translated and adapted by Arthur Goldhammer Notes Bibliography Contributors Illustration Credits Index
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ISBN 9780674403710

内容説明

Drawing on myriad sources - from the faint traces left by the rocking of a cradle at the site of an early medieval home to an antique illustration of Eve's fall from grace - this second volume in the series offers new perspectives on women of the past. Twelve historians from many countries examine the image of women in the masculine mind, their social condition, and their daily experience from the demise of the Roman Empire to the genesis of the Italian Renaissance. More than in any other era, a medieval woman's place in society was determined by men; her sexuality was percieved as disruptive and dangerous, her proper realm that of the home and cloister. The authors draw upon the writings of bishops and abbots, moralists and merchants, philosophers and legislators, to illustate how men controlled women's lives. Sumptuary laws regulating feminine dress and ornament, pastoral letters admonishing women to keep silent and remain chaste, and learned treatises with their fantastic theories about women's physiology are explored in these pages. The authors investigate legal, economic, and demographic aspects of family life between the 6th and 15th centuries and bring to light the fleeting moments in which women managed to sieze some small measure of autonomy over their lives. The notion that courtly love empowered feudal women is discredited in this volume. The pattern of wear on a hearthstone, fingerprints on a terra-cotta pot, and artifacts from everyday life such as scissors, thimbles, spindles and combs are used to reconstruct in detail the commonplace tasks that shaped women's existence inside and outside the home. As in antiquity, male fantasies and fears are evident in art. Yet a growing number of women rendered visions of their own gender in sumptuous tapestries and illuminations. The authors look at the surviving texts of female poets and mystics and document the stirrings of a quiet revolution throughout the West, as a few daring women began to preserve their thoughts in writing.

目次

  • Introduction: writing the history of women
  • Georges Duby and Michelle Perrot
  • including women, Christiane Klapisch-Zuber. Part 1 Norms of control: the clerical gaze, Jacques Dalarun
  • the protected woman, Carla Casagrande
  • regulating women's fashion, Diane Owen Hughes. Part 2 Family and social strategies: women from the Fifth to the Tenth Century, Suzanne Fonay Wemple
  • the feudal order Paulette L'Hermite-Leclerq
  • the courtly model, Georges Duby
  • life in the late Middle Ages, Claudia Opitz. Part 3 Vestiges and images of women: the world of women, Francoise Piponnier. Part 4 Women's words: literary and mystical voices, Danielle Regnier-Bohler
  • affidavits and confessions, Georges Duby.

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    Georges Duby and Michelle Perrot, general editors

    Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 1992-1994

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  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BA19226567
  • ISBN
    • 0674403711
    • 0674403681
  • 出版国コード
    us
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 原本言語コード
    ita
  • 出版地
    Cambridge, Mass.
  • ページ数/冊数
    x, 575 p.
  • 大きさ
    24 cm
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