TY - BOOK ID - 546837 TI - The Oxford handbook of women and gender in medieval Europe AU - Bennett, Judith M. AU - Karras, Ruth Mazo AU - Oxford University Press PY - 2013 VL - *9 SN - 9780199582174 0198779380 9780198779384 0199582173 PB - Oxford [etc.] Oxford University Press DB - UniCat KW - History of Europe KW - anno 500-1499 KW - Women KW - Femmes KW - History KW - Histoire KW - Rôle selon le sexe KW - Histoire sociale KW - Women - Europe - History - Middle Ages, 500-1500 KW - Sex role - Europe - History KW - Social history - Medieval, 500-1500 KW - Femme KW - Moyen âge, 476-1492 KW - Genre KW - Europe KW - Sex role KW - Social history KW - Gender KW - Saints KW - Reference work KW - Working-class women KW - Private sphere KW - Religion KW - Sexuality KW - Images of women KW - Legislation KW - Book UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:546837 AB - "The Oxford Handbook of Women and Gender in Medieval Europe provides a comprehensive overview of the gender rules encountered in Europe in the period between approximately 500 and 1500 C.E. The essays collected in this volume speak to interpretative challenges common to all fields of women's and gender history--that is, how best to uncover the experiences of ordinary people from archives formed mainly by and about elite males, and how to combine social histories of lived experiences with cultural histories of gendered discourses and identities. The collection focuses on Western Europe in the Middle Ages but offers some consideration of medieval Islam and Byzantium, opening these fields for further research. The Handbook is structured into seven sections: Christian, Jewish, and Muslim thought; law in theory and practice; domestic life and material culture; labour, land, and economy; bodies and sexualities; gender and holiness; and the interplay of continuity and change throughout the medieval period. This Handbook contains material from some of the foremost scholars in this field, and will not only serve as the major reference text in the area of medieval and gender studies, but will also provide the agenda for future new research"-- ER -