Reform and resistance : formations of female subjectivity in early medieval ecclesiastical culture /

Scheck, Helene.

Reform and resistance : formations of female subjectivity in early medieval ecclesiastical culture / Helene Scheck. - Albany : SUNY Press, ©2008. - 1 online resource (xii, 238 pages) : illustrations - - SUNY series in medieval studies . - SUNY series in medieval studies. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-228) and index.

Women in/and early ecclesiastical culture: an overview -- The limits of orthodoxy: being female and female being under Charlemagne -- Soul searching: Alcuin of York and his circle of female scholars -- Redressing the female subject: women, transvestite saints, and the Anglo-Saxon Benedictine reform -- Resounding silences: Mary and Eve in Anglo-Saxon reform literature -- Hrotsvit of Gandersheim: claiming her voice -- Hrotsvit of Gandersheim: recasting female subjectivities.

9781435663275 (electronic bk.) 1435663276 (electronic bk.) (hardcover ; alk. paper) (hardcover ; alk. paper)


Hrotsvitha, approximately 935-approximately 975 --Criticism and interpretation.
Alcuin, 735-804 --Criticism and interpretation.
Alcuin, 735-804.
Hrotsvitha, approximately 935-approximately 975.


To 1517


English literature--History and criticism.--Old English, ca. 450-1100
Christian literature, English (Middle)--History and criticism.
Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)--History and criticism.
Women in Christianity--History--Germany--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Christianity and literature--History--Germany--To 1500.
Littérature anglaise--Histoire et critique.--ca 450-1100 (Vieil anglais)
Littérature chrétienne anglaise (moyen anglais)--Histoire et critique.
Littérature chrétienne latine médiévale et moderne--Histoire et critique.
Femmes dans le christianisme--Histoire--Allemagne--600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
RELIGION--Christianity--History.
Christian literature, English (Middle)
Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Christianity and literature.
English literature--Old English.
Women in Christianity--Middle Ages.


Germany--Church history--To 843.
Germany--Church history--843-1517.
Allemagne--Histoire religieuse--Jusqu'à 843.
Allemagne--Histoire religieuse--843-1517.
Germany.


Electronic books.
Church history.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Electronic books.

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