Women of the Twelfth Century: Remembering the Dead - Couverture rigide

Duby, Georges

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0745617891 ISBN 13 : 9780745617893

Editeur : Polity Press, 1997

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

"It is difficult to think of any other historian who has beensurrounded by so much respect and esteem." Douglas Johnson, TheGuardian

"Elegantly written and elegantly translated, Duby′s book distilswhat can be found about the lives of six elite women from themeagre records of the twelfth century. It leads him to revise hisearlier opinions and see the recognition of the spirituality ofwomen in that century as leading Europe to rate the values of lovemore highly. And all this is done with his customary scholarshipand sensitivity." Professor Jack Goody, St John′s College,Cambridge

"Georges Duby was a grand master among medieval socialhistorians, and this is true vintage: subtle, perceptive,penetrating, sympatheic, and – helped by Jean Birrell′s translation– highly readable. Women′s history is of special interest today,and the book will provide for many a refreshing entry to afascinating world." Professor Christopher Brooke, Gonville andCaius College, Cambridge

"An illuminating insight into the experience of womanhood intwelfth–century Europe." History Today

"Fascinating insight ... thought–provoking and inspirational."Journal of Gender Studies

"This study is Duby′s last work, written just before he died in1997, and it is his most personal and intimate testimony as ahistorian; he is in the foreground of his own narrative throughout.On that account it is a direct and touching book. As translated(with outstanding skill) by Jean Birrell, it is also veryreadable." Times Literary Supplement

"There is much in Women of the Twelfth Century to enjoy... well–informed and thought–provoking ... this book has a lot tooffer." History Today

Quatrième de couverture :

In this volume, one of the greatest medieval historians of our timecontinues his rich and illuminating enquiry into the lives oftwelfth–century women. Georges Duby bases his account here on atwelfth–century genre which commemorated the virtues of noblewomenwho had died, and the roles they had played in the history of theirlineage.

From these genealogical works a vivid picture emerges of the livesthese women led, the values they held, and the way in which theywere viewed by the priest and knights who wrote about them.

The first section outlines the way in which the dead, and thememory and tales of the dead, served to bond noble society in thetwelfth century. The second draws on the Gesta, written byDudo of Saint Quentin, and reflects on what it tells us about theroles ascribed to wives and concubines and women, in war and inpower. The third and final section reconstructs women as wives,mothers and widows through the work of Lambert, Priest ofArdres.

This book is part of a three–volume work on women in the MiddleAges. It will be of great interest to students and researchers inmedieval history, social history and women′s history.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Polity Press
• Date d'édition: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0745617891
• ISBN 13: 9780745617893
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 160