Pawns or Players?: Studies on Medieval and Early Modern Women

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In 11 papers from conferences in December 1999 and February 2001 at Trinity College, Dublin, medievalists continue the recent concern with agency in examining the lives of women in Europe during the Middles Ages and Renaissance. Among their topics are the importance of dower in the lives of medieval women in Ireland, the beloved and the mistress in Renaissance Florence, and the iconography of the feminized monster. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc.,...
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In 11 papers from conferences in December 1999 and February 2001 at Trinity College, Dublin, medievalists continue the recent concern with agency in examining the lives of women in Europe during the Middles Ages and Renaissance. Among their topics are the importance of dower in the lives of medieval women in Ireland, the beloved and the mistress in Renaissance Florence, and the iconography of the feminized monster. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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  • ISBN-13: 9781851827756
  • Publisher: Four Courts Press
  • Publication date: 7/1/2003
  • Pages: 224

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations 6
Introduction 7
A source for the depiction of Eve in the early-modern period: biblical Latin epic of the fifth and sixth centuries 18
Share and share alike? The marriage portion, inheritance and family politics 36
'I have nothing but through her': women and the conquest of Ireland, 1170-1240 49
The power of dower: the importance of dower in the lives of medieval women in Ireland 59
Freedom of movement? Women travellers in the Middle Ages 75
The gender of lordly women: the case of Adela of Blois 90
Women on the margins: the 'beloved' and the 'mistress' in Renaissance Florence 111
Women and violence in late medieval Ireland 131
Theory in the absence of fact: Irish women and the Catholic Reformation 141
'What will my sister think of me now': the role of sisterhood in sustaining resistance by the Port-Royal community 155
'Hyr wombe insaciate': the iconography of the feminised monster 177
Bibliography 197
List of Contributors 215
Index 217
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