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Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife: The Extraordinary Lives of Medieval Women.
・ISBN 978-0-520-43082-2 paper US$ 24.95
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| 著者・編者 | Howes, Hetta, |
|---|---|
| 出版社 | (University of California Press, US) |
| 出版年月 | 2026 |
| ページ数 | 244 pp. |
| 言語 | ENG |
| ニュース番号 | ＜A05-4994＞ |
解説
"Brilliantly revealing history of medieval women . . . Howes's debut has just the right meld of insightful research, enjoyable storytelling and contemporary contexts."-The Guardian
"A history of medieval women's lives as told through the prism of four exceptional individuals. . . . throughout, the tensions of medieval womanhood strain and stretch-eroticism and purity, sexuality and motherhood, silence and speech."-The New York Times
Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife charts the lives and times of four medieval women writers-Marie de France, a poet; Julian of Norwich, a mystic and anchoress; Christine de Pizan, a widow and court writer; and Margery Kempe, a no-good wife-who all bucked convention and forged their own paths. Largely forgotten by modern readers, these women have an astonishing amount to teach us about love, marriage, motherhood, friendship, and earning a living.
Reading the words of these four writers, Hetta Howes engagingly reveals how everyday women lived, survived, and thrived in medieval times. Who did they marry and why? Did they ever have extramarital affairs? Could they earn money and become self-sufficient? Could they be leaders? What did they think about death-and what about life and their place in it? Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife paints a vibrant portrait of these women, their world, and the ways they speak to us today.