Defining the gentleman and the gentlewoman in the Italian Renaissance
Here I wish to discuss the way the figures of the gentleman and the gentlewoman developed in European culture during the Renaissance.
Women and Power in the Middle Ages: Political Aspects of Medieval Queenship
Examines the role and life of medieval queens, using examples from queens in Merovingian and Carolingian states, England, France, Castile and Aragon.
God Our Mother: The Feminine Cosmology of Julian of Norwich and Hildegard of Bingen
God Our Mother: The Feminine Cosmology of Julian of Norwich and Hildegard of Bingen Hudson, Jennifer Medieval Forum Vol.1 (2002) Abstract: This paper explores the…
The Role of Women in Musical Life: The Medieval Arabo-Islamic Courts
The Role of Women in Musical Life: The Medieval Arabo-Islamic Courts By Suzanne Meyers Sawa Canadian Women’s Studies, Vol. 8:2 (1987) Synopsis: Examines the…
Matilda, countess of the Perche (1171-1210): the expression of authority in name, style and seal
Matilda, countess of the Perche (1171-1210): the expression of authority in name, style and seal By Kathleen Thompson Tabularia, No. 3 (2003) Abstract: The…
Wu Zhao: China’s Only Woman Emperor
Wu Zhao: China’s Only Woman Emperor By N. Harry Rothschild Longman, ISBN: 978-0-321-39426-2 Wu Zhao, Woman Emperor of China is the account of the…
Wu Zhao’s Remarkable Aviary
Despite these fertile pre-conditions, the biological fact that Wu Zhao was a woman presented serious problems in her effort to assume the dragon throne. Even in these open times, the Confucian bureaucracy held great political sway just as patriarchal values, which held to the principle that “the male is venerated and the female is denigrated” (nan zun nu bei 男尊女卑), still exerted tremendous social influence.