Reform and resistance formations of female subjectivity in early medieval ecclesiastical culture

Reform and resistance : formations of female subjectivity in early medieval ecclesiastical culture / Helene Scheck.

Author/creator	Scheck, Helene
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Albany : SUNY Press,
Description	xii, 238 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Hrotsvitha, approximately 935-approximately 975--Criticism and interpretation. Alcuin, 735-804--Criticism and interpretation. English literature--Old English, ca. 450-1100 --History and criticism. Christian literature, English (Middle)--History and criticism. Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)--History and criticism. Women in Christianity--Germany --History --Middle Ages, 600-1500. Christianity and literature--Germany --History --To 1500. Germany--Church history --To 843. Germany--Church history --843-1517.

Series	SUNY series in medieval studies
Contents	Women in/and early ecclesiastical culture: an overview -- The limits of orthodoxy: being female and female being under Charlemagne -- Soul searching: Alcuin of York and his circle of female scholars -- Redressing the female subject: women, transvestite saints, and the Anglo-Saxon Benedictine reform -- Resounding silences: Mary and Eve in Anglo-Saxon reform literature -- Hrotsvit of Gandersheim: claiming her voice -- Hrotsvit of Gandersheim: recasting female subjectivities.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-228) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2007036636
ISBN	9780791474839 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	0791474836 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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