Gender and Historiography: Studies in the earlier middle ages in honour of Pauline Stafford

by Janet L. Nelson, Susan Reynolds, Susan M. Johns

Overview

The chapters in this volume celebrate the work of Pauline Stafford, highlighting the ways in which it has advanced research in the fields of both Anglo-Saxon history and the history of medieval women and gender. Ranging across the period, and over much of the old Carolingian world as well as Anglo-Saxon England, they deal with such questions as the nature of kingship and queenship, fatherhood, elite gender relations, the transmission of property, the participation of women in lordship, slavery and warfare, and the nature of assemblies. Gender and historiography presents the fruits of groundbreaking research, inspired by Pauline Stafford’s own interests over a long and influential career.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781905165797
Publisher:	University of London Press
Publication date:	09/02/2012
Series:	Institute of Historical Research
Pages:	227
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction Elaine Farrell 1. ‘Veiled obscenity’: contraception and the Dublin Medical Press, 1850–1900 Ann Daly 2. ‘Its effect on public morality is vicious in the extreme’: defining birth control as obscene and unethical, 1926–32 Sandra Mc