Women and Community in Medieval and Early Modern Iberia Contributor(s): Armstrong-Partida, Michelle (Editor), Guerson, Alexandra (Editor), Lightfoot, Dana Wessell (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1496205111 ISBN-13: 9781496205117 Publisher: University of Nebraska Press OUR PRICE: $52.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2020 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - History | Europe - Spain & Portugal - History | Women |
Dewey: 305.409 |
LCCN: 2019035337 |
Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6" W x 9" (1.36 lbs) 306 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Women and Community in Medieval and Early Modern Iberia draws on recent research to underscore the various ways Iberian women influenced and contributed to their communities, engaging with a broader academic discussion of women's agency and cultural impact in the Iberian Peninsula. By focusing on women from across the socioeconomic and religious spectrum--elite, bourgeois, and peasant Christian women, Jewish, Muslim, converso, and Morisco women, and married, widowed, and single women--this volume highlights the diversity of women's experiences, examining women's social, economic, political, and religious ties to their families and communities in both urban and rural environments. Comprised of twelve essays from both established and new scholars, Women and Community in Medieval and Early Modern Iberia showcases groundbreaking work on premodern women, revealing the complex intersections between gender and community while highlighting not only relationships of support and inclusion but also the tensions that worked to marginalize and exclude women. Michelle Armstrong-Partida is an assistant professor of history at Emory University. Alexandra Guerson is a lecturer at the University of Toronto. Dana Wessell Lightfoot is an associate professor of history at the University of Northern British Columbia. |