International audienceWhen one leaves aside the stereotyped heroines of medieval literary texts to focus on flesh and blood women, one is struck by their invisibility. Widows, however, do not pose the same problem as other women – probably because overnight they found themselves women with men’s duties and powers. Contrary to maidens and wives, they appear very often in non-literary documents. Apart from the great Christine de Pizan, not many widows of the Middle Ages have voiced their feelings. The primary sources at our disposal, because of their essentially administrative character, do not deal with emotions, with the state of mind of those bereaved women. They only concern the settlement of the deceased’s inheritance, the transfer of ow...
International audienceThis volume provides a comprehensive study of widowhood in Medieval Britain ba...
Jean-Baptiste Greuze, La veuve et son prêtre (détail), 1784. Huile sur toile, 128 × 161 cm. Saint-Pé...
This survey (PhD) sheds light on women’s status in the French society between 1770 and 1789, through...
International audienceWhen one leaves aside the stereotyped heroines of medieval literary texts to f...
Medieval narrative accounts of female misbehaviour reflect deep social perceptions and expectations ...
Early widowhood and gender differences. In France each year some 24 000 women aged under 55 lose the...
Au Moyen Âge, les vieilles femmes concentrent plusieurs formes de marginalité et des caractéristique...
From the end of the 3rd to the middle of the 7th century, Greek papyri only refer to female widowhoo...
Inspiré à la fois par la richesse des terres du Grand-Est sur les traces d'un monachisme féminin ori...
Men's wills tell us a lot about the way women lived in rural areas. A rich man's widow lived on inco...
La femme au Moyen Âge : en lui-même le sujet est immense, omniprésent pour les médiévistes de toute ...
An examination of widowhood in Third Republic France intersects with many other key themes of politi...
Régine Pernoud's work, La Femme au temps des cathédrales, undoubtedly represents one of the most suc...
and religious devotion, arguing that “among the upper classes widowhood could provide for the first ...
Since time immemorial widows have been associated with notions of ambiguity. They often represented ...
International audienceThis volume provides a comprehensive study of widowhood in Medieval Britain ba...
Jean-Baptiste Greuze, La veuve et son prêtre (détail), 1784. Huile sur toile, 128 × 161 cm. Saint-Pé...
This survey (PhD) sheds light on women’s status in the French society between 1770 and 1789, through...
International audienceWhen one leaves aside the stereotyped heroines of medieval literary texts to f...
Medieval narrative accounts of female misbehaviour reflect deep social perceptions and expectations ...
Early widowhood and gender differences. In France each year some 24 000 women aged under 55 lose the...
Au Moyen Âge, les vieilles femmes concentrent plusieurs formes de marginalité et des caractéristique...
From the end of the 3rd to the middle of the 7th century, Greek papyri only refer to female widowhoo...
Inspiré à la fois par la richesse des terres du Grand-Est sur les traces d'un monachisme féminin ori...
Men's wills tell us a lot about the way women lived in rural areas. A rich man's widow lived on inco...
La femme au Moyen Âge : en lui-même le sujet est immense, omniprésent pour les médiévistes de toute ...
An examination of widowhood in Third Republic France intersects with many other key themes of politi...
Régine Pernoud's work, La Femme au temps des cathédrales, undoubtedly represents one of the most suc...
and religious devotion, arguing that “among the upper classes widowhood could provide for the first ...
Since time immemorial widows have been associated with notions of ambiguity. They often represented ...
International audienceThis volume provides a comprehensive study of widowhood in Medieval Britain ba...
Jean-Baptiste Greuze, La veuve et son prêtre (détail), 1784. Huile sur toile, 128 × 161 cm. Saint-Pé...
This survey (PhD) sheds light on women’s status in the French society between 1770 and 1789, through...