The Oxford Handbook of Women and Gender in Medieval Europe

by Judith M. Bennett and Ruth Mazo Karras

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198779380
• ISBN13: 9780198779384
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 640 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.6" x 9.5"