Women in Anglo-Saxon England

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Women in Anglo-Saxon England

Women in Anglo-Saxon England

Name: Women in Anglo-Saxon England
ISBN: 9780631149248

Christine E. Fell, Cecily Clark, Elizabeth Williams

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This fully-illustrated study addresses the disputed roles of Anglo-Saxon women within medieval scholarship. Originally cast as the companions and equals of men, women have more recently appeared in Anglo-Saxon accounts as servants and slaves, habitually beaten, disregarded and abused. Re-examining an extensive range of source material including wills, charters, letters, chronicles, archaeological discoveries, place-names and poetry, Christine Fell resolves this contradiction locating the distortion and prejudice within past scholarship. Two concluding chapters examine the impact of the Norman Conquest which triggered a dramatic shift in this pattern of equality that extended beyond the social, economic and political position of women, and tainted the records of written history.

Kategori:

Society, Politics & Philosophy - Anthropology

Tahun:

1987

Edisi:

illustrated edition

Penerbit:

Blackwell

Bahasa:

english

Halaman:

208