An edition of Women in Frankish society (1981)

Women in Frankish society

marriage and the cloister, 500 to 900

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An edition of Women in Frankish society (1981)

Women in Frankish society

marriage and the cloister, 500 to 900

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Women in Frankish Society is a careful and thorough study of women and their roles in the Merovingian and Carolingian periods of the Middle Ages. During the 5th through 9th centuries, Frankish society transformed from a relatively primitive tribal structure to a more complex hierarchical organization. Suzanne Fonay Wemple sets out to understand the forces at work in expanding and limiting women's sphere of activity and influence during this time. Her goal is to explain the gap between the ideals and laws on one hand and the social reality on the other. What effect did the administrative structures and social stratification in Merovingian society have on equality between the sexes? Did the emergence of the nuclear family and enforcement of monogamy in the Carolingian era enhance or erode the power and status of women?

Wemple examines a wealth of primary sources, such deeds, testaments, formulae, genealogy, ecclesiastical and secular court records, letters, treatises, and poems in order to reveal the enduring German, Roman, and Christian cultural legacies in the Carolingian Empire. She attends to women in secular life and matters of law, economy, marriage, and inheritance, as well as chronicling the changes to women's experiences in religious life, from the waning influence of women in the Frankish church to the rise of female asceticism and monasticism.

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Cover of: Women in Frankish Society
Women in Frankish Society: Marriage and the Cloister, 5 To 9
2015, University of Pennsylvania Press
in English
Cover of: Women in Frankish society
Women in Frankish society: marriage and the cloister, 500 to 900
1986, University of Pennsylvania Press
Cover of: Women in Frankish society
Women in Frankish society: marriage and the cloister, 500 to 900
1985, University of Pennsylvania Press
in English
Cover of: Women in Frankish society
Women in Frankish society: marriage and the cloister, 500 to 900
1981, University of Pennsylvania Press
in English

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Edition Notes

Includes indexes.

Bibliography: p. 307-336.

Published in
Philadelphia
Series
The Middle ages

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
305.4/09/02
Library of Congress
HQ1147.F7 W45, HQ1147.F7W45

The Physical Object

Pagination
xviii, 348 p. ;
Number of pages
348

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Open Library
OL20956266M
ISBN 10
0812277988
LCCN
80054051
OCLC/WorldCat
7276994
Library Thing
41321
Goodreads
2921845

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