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The study takes the received view among scholars that women in the Middle Ages were faced with sustained misogyny and that their voices were seldom heard in pub
Authority, Gender and Emotions in Late Medieval and Early Modern England
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Authors: Susan Broomhall
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This collection explores how situations of authority, governance, and influence were practised through both gender ideologies and affective performances in medi
Friendship in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age
Language: en
Pages: 813
Authors: Albrecht Classen
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-03-29 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

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Although it seems that erotic love generally was the prevailing topic in the medieval world and the Early Modern Age, parallel to this the Ciceronian ideal of f
Laughter in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times
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Despite popular opinions of the ‘dark Middle Ages’ and a ‘gloomy early modern age,’ many people laughed, smiled, giggled, chuckled, entertained and ridi
Medievalia et Humanistica, No. 36
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Since its founding in 1943, Medievalia et Humanistica has won worldwide recognition as the first scholarly publication in America to devote itself entirely to m