{"product_id":"women-of-the-twelfth-century-remembering-the-dead-hardback-9780745617893","title":"Women of the Twelfth Century, Remembering the Dead (Hardback) 9780745617893","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWomen of the Twelfth Century, Remembering the Dead\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGeorges Duby (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745617893, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 18 December 1997\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e160 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.8 x 16.1 x 1.7 cm, 0.369 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"It is difficult to think of any other historian who has been surrounded by so much respect and esteem.\" \u003ci\u003eDouglas Johnson, The Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Elegantly written and elegantly translated, Duby's book distils what can be found about the lives of six elite women from the meagre records of the twelfth century. It leads him to revise his earlier opinions and see the recognition of the spirituality of women in that century as leading Europe to rate the values of love more highly. And all this is done with his customary scholarship and sensitivity.\" \u003ci\u003eProfessor Jack Goody, St John's College, Cambridge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Georges Duby was a grand master among medieval social historians, and this is true vintage: subtle, perceptive, penetrating, sympatheic, and - helped by Jean Birrell's translation - highly readable. Women's history is of special interest today, and the book will provide for many a refreshing entry to a fascinating world.\" \u003ci\u003eProfessor Christopher Brooke, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"An illuminating insight into the experience of womanhood in twelfth-century Europe.\" \u003ci\u003eHistory Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Fascinating insight ... thought-provoking and inspirational.\" \u003ci\u003eJournal of Gender Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This study is Duby's last work, written just before he died in 1997, and it is his most personal and intimate testimony as a historian; he is in the foreground of his own narrative throughout. On that account it is a direct and touching book. As translated (with outstanding skill) by Jean Birrell, it is also very readable.\" \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \"There is much in \u003ci\u003eWomen of the Twelfth Century\u003c\/i\u003e to enjoy ... well-informed and thought-provoking ... this book has a lot to offer.\" \u003ci\u003eHistory Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn this volume, one of the greatest medieval historians of our time continues his rich and illuminating enquiry into the lives of twelfth-century women. Georges Duby bases his account here on a twelfth-century genre which commemorated the virtues of noblewomen who had died, and the roles they had played in the history of their lineage.  \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From these genealogical works a vivid picture emerges of the lives these women led, the values they held, and the way in which they were viewed by the priest and knights who wrote about them.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The first section outlines the way in which the dead, and the memory and tales of the dead, served to bond noble society in the twelfth century. The second draws on the \u003ci\u003eGesta,\u003c\/i\u003e written by Dudo of Saint Quentin, and reflects on what it tells us about the roles ascribed to wives and concubines and women, in war and in power. The third and final section reconstructs women as wives, mothers and widows through the work of Lambert, Priest of Ardres.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This book is part of a three-volume work on women in the Middle Ages. It will be of great interest to students and researchers in medieval history, social history and women's history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Serving the Dead:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The dead with the house.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Women and the dead.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Writing about the dead.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Remembering women.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Wives and concubines:\u003c\/b\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The genealogy of a eulogy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The trouble with women.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Wives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Mistresses.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Arlette.\u003cbr b=\"\"\u003e \u0026gt;Part 3: The Power of Women.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The context.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The witness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Mother goddesses.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The couple.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Widows.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGenealogies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52406538535192,"sku":"9780745617893","price":34.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/women-of-the-twelfth-century-remembering-the-dead-hardback-9780745617893","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}