Medieval misogyny and the invention of Western romantic love /

Medieval misogyny and the invention of Western romantic love /

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Author / Creator:Bloch, R. Howard.
Imprint:Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1991.
Description:1 online resource (ix, 298 pages)
Language:English
Subject:
Women -- History -- Middle Ages, 500-1500.
Social history -- Medieval, 500-1500.
Misogyny -- Europe -- History.
Patriarchy -- Europe -- History.
Love -- History.
Love.
Misogyny.
Patriarchy.
Social history -- Medieval.
Women -- Middle Ages.
Europe.
Electronic books.
History.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11193686
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ISBN:9780226059907
0226059901
9780226059723
0226059723
0226059723
0226059731
9780226059730
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Spine title: Medieval misogyny & the invention of Western romantic love.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-290) and index.
Print version record.
Summary:Until now the advent of Western romantic love has been seen as a liberation from--or antidote to--ten centuries of misogyny. In this major contribution to gender studies, R. Howard Bloch demonstrates how similar the ubiquitous antifeminism of medieval times and the romantic idealization of woman actually are. Through analyses of a broad range of patristic and medieval texts, Bloch explores the Christian construction of gender in which the flesh is feminized, the feminine is aestheticized, and aesthetics are condemned in theological terms. Tracing the underlying theme of virginity from the Church.
Other form:Print version: Bloch, R. Howard. Medieval misogyny and the invention of Western romantic love. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1991 0226059723 9780226059723

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