The once and future sex : going medieval on women's roles in society / Eleanor Janega.

In this vibrant, high-spirited history, medievalist Eleanor Janega turns to the Middle Ages 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 classical Greek and Roman philosophy and Christian t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Janega, Eleanor (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2023]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Women > History > Middle Ages, 500-1500.
Sex role > History > To 1500.
Social history > Medieval, 500-1500.
Civilization, Medieval.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
Sex role.
Social history > Medieval.
Women > Middle Ages.
Women > History.
Social conditions.
Medieval civilization.
To 1500
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xiv, 256 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 1. Back to basics
  • 2. Men looking at women
  • 3. How to love
  • 4. How to be
  • 5. Why it matters.