Womens Genealogies in the Medieval Literary Imagination - Emma O. Bérat
Matrilineal Legacies in the High Middle Ages
KORTE INHOUD
Uncovering the many striking female alternatives to patrilineal narratives in medieval texts, Emma O. Bérat explores strategies of writing and illustration that creatively and purposefully depict women's legacies. Genealogy, used to justify a character's present power and project it onto the future, was crucial to medieval political, literary, and historical thought. While patrilineage often limited women to exceptional or passive roles, other genealogical forms that represent and promote women's claims are...
2023
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