Oda: An Extraordinary Example of a Medieval Woman’s Religious Authority and Economic Power
hristianity posed as a shackle for many women in the early Middle Ages. Though sexism and female subordination were prevalent prior to the emergence of this monotheistic religion, Christianity established its own justifications for continuing in the male domination.
Women and Marriage in Medieval Society
The feudal world was a face-to-face society in which women participated in important activities and were expected to submit to social discipline like their men.
Flowers for the Book-binder’s Wife: An Investigation of Florilegia and Early Modern Women’s Writing
To an early modern, nothing could be fully learned through a “hands off” approach. Heidi Brayman Hackel corroborates this with her book, Reading Material. Critical to early modern thoughts on comprehension was “taking note,” a phrasing that carried the double implication of both noticing and annotating…
Diseases as causes of divorce in Byzantium
Τhe purpose of this study is to describe the diseases for which divorce could be issued if one of the spouses wanted, in Byzantine times.
Elites and their children : a study in the historical anthropology of medieval China, 500-1000 AD
The only information we have about children in medieval China comes from male adults with an elite and literary social background.
The Archaeology of Play Things: Theorising a Toy Stage in the Biography of Objects
The cemeteries contained the remains of not less than 867 people, some of whom died in childhood, but all of whom, if they had survived the first few years of life…
Child sexual abuse: historical cases in the Byzantine empire (324-1453 A.D.)
Our research into the original texts of Byzantine historians and chroniclers indicates that child sexual abuse flourished even in a religious mediaeval society such as that of Byzantium, a state which comprised the rational continuation of the Roman empire and which was the most important state in the known world for 11 centuries (324 –1453 A.D.).
Miniature toys of medieval childhood
There is an immediate appeal in these early playthings – not least because many of them are strikingly similar to the toys that anyone over the age of about 35 today used to play with in their own childhood.
Foundlings, asylums, almshouses and orphanages: early roots of child protection
Historically, when societies faced serious economic problems, competing demands for resources, or implicit cultural expectations, those with the lowest social status fared poorly.
Bridging the Gap: Finding a Valkyrie in a Riddle
Bridging the Gap: Finding a Valkyrie in a Riddle Culver, Jennifer (University of North Texas) M.A. Thesis, University of North Texas, May (2007)…
Germanic Women: Mundium and Property, 400-1000
Germanic Women: Mundium and Property, 400-1000 Dunn, Kimberlee Harper (University of North Texas) M.A. Thesis (Science), University of North Texas, August (2006) Abstract…
Excavation of an early church and a women’s cemetery at St Ronan’s medieval parish church, Iona
Excavation of an early church and a women’s cemetery at St Ronan’s medieval parish church, Iona O’Sullivan, Jerry et al. Proceedings of the…
Mother, wife, temptress, virgin and tyrant: defining images of feminine power in medieval queenship and modern politics
Mother, wife, temptress, virgin and tyrant: defining images of feminine power in medieval queenship andmodern politics Curwen, Emma B.A. Thesis, Regis University, May (2009)…
Daughters, Wives, and Widows: A Study of Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman Noble Women
Daughters, Wives, and Widows: A Study of Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman Noble Women Bailey, Paula J. Academic Forum, No.19 (2001/2) Abstract Traditional medieval histories have tended…
‘Quae voces audio?’ Some questions regarding the exploration of medieval British childhoods
Considerations regarding the experience and understanding of medieval childhood will swiftly remind the historian dealing with these problems of major limitations concerning the possible investigation and exploration of historical societies and their specific mentalities.
Concepts of Childhood: What We Know and Where We Might Go
They have explored such issues, among others, as the varieties of European household structure; definitions of the stages of life; childbirth, wetnursing, and the role of the midwife; child abandonment and the foundling home; infanticide and its prosecution; apprenticeship, servitude, and fostering; the evolution of schooling; the consequences of religious diversification; and the impact of gender
What was the Best for an Infant from the Middle Ages to Early Modern Times in Europe? The Discussion Concerning Wet Nurses
What was the Best for an Infant from the Middle Ages to Early Modern Times in Europe? The Discussion Concerning Wet Nurses By…
Byzantine attitudes towards foetuses, newborn babies and infants: a multidisciplinary approach
Looking at hagiographies, histories, legal codes and examples of material culture, there is a substantial quantity of evidence which exposes Byzantine perceptions of the lived experience of infants too.