The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women's Roles in Society

by Eleanor Janega

Book Overview

What makes for the ideal woman? How should she look, love, and be? In this vibrant, high-spirited history, medievalist Eleanor Janega turns to the Middle Ages, the era that bridged the ancient world and modern society, to unfurl its suppositions about women and reveal what's shifted over time--and what hasn't.

Enshrined medieval thinkers, almost always male, subscribed to a blend of classical Greek and Roman philosophy and Christian theology...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1324074469
• ISBN13: 9781324074465
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.6" x 8.3"