Gender in Debate From the Early Middle Ages to the Renaissance

The New Middle Ages

by Thelma S. Fenster (Editor), Clare A. Lees (Editor)

This collection takes the view that authors like Chaucer and Christine de Pizan, often presented as unique, iconic promoters of a debate thought to have occurred primarily in England and France in the late medieval years, should in reality be considered participants in a larger conversation that served diverse political, social, and economic interests and took varied, culturally-determined forms; that greater frame and its contents are the emphasis of this volume. By exploring previously ignored areas, many present fresh material and produce reconceptualizations that use new methodologies.

Genres: Medieval

303 pages, Hardcover

First published March 20, 2002

About the author

Thelma Fenster is professor emerita of French and Medieval Studies at Fordham University (New York City, New York).