Please note: In order to keep Hive up to date and provide users with the best features, we are no longer able to fully support Internet Explorer. The site is still available to you, however some sections of the site may appear broken. We would encourage you to move to a more modern browser like Firefox, Edge or Chrome in order to experience the site fully.

Women and Violence in the Late Medieval Mediterranean, ca. 1100-1500, Paperback / softback Book

Women and Violence in the Late Medieval Mediterranean, ca. 1100-1500 Paperback / softback

Edited by Lidia L. Zanetti Domingues, Lorenzo Caravaggi, Giulia M. Paoletti

Part of the Studies in Medieval History and Culture series

Paperback / softback

Description

This pioneering work explores the theme of women and violence in the late medieval Mediterranean, bringing together medievalists of different specialties and methodologies to offer readers an updated outline of how different disciplines can contribute to the study of gender-based violence in medieval times. Building on the contributions of the social sciences, and in particular feminist criminology, the book analyses the rich theme of women and violence in its full spectrum, including both violence committed against women and violence perpetrated by women themselves, in order to show how medieval assumptions postulated a tight connection between the two.

Violent crime, verbal offences, war and peace-making are among the themes approached by the book, which assesses to what extent coexisting elaborations on the relationship between femininity and violence in the Mediterranean were conflicting or collaborating.

Geographical regions explored include Western Europe, Byzantium, and the Islamic world.

This multidisciplinary book will appeal to scholars and students of history, literature, gender studies, and legal studies.

Information

Save 8%

£39.99

£36.59

 
Free Home Delivery

on all orders

 
Pick up orders

from local bookshops

Information