Fragmentation and Redemption: Essays on Gender and the Human Body in Medieval Religion

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Caroline Walker Bynum

Fragmentation and Redemption

Essays on Gender and the Human Body in Medieval Religion

Caroline Walker Bynum

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English

Zone Books
21 April 1992

Social & cultural history; The Early Church; Church history; Gender studies, gender groups

Series: Zone Books

Arguing that historians must write in a comic mode, aware of history's artifice, risks and incompletion, Caroline Walker Bynum here examines diverse medieval texts to show how women were able to appropriate dominant social symbols in ways that allowed for the emergence of their own creative voices. By arguing for the positive importance attributed to the body, these essays aim to give a new interpretation of gender in medieval texts and the role of asceticism and mysticism in Christianity.

By: Caroline Walker Bynum
Imprint: Zone Books
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 33mm
Weight: 748g
ISBN: 9780942299625
ISBN 10: 0942299620
Series: Zone Books
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 21 April 1992
Recommended Age: From 18
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Caroline Walker Bynum is Professor of Medieval European History, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, and University Professor Emerita at Columbia University. She is the author of Fragmentation and Redemption: Essays on Gender and the Human Body in Medieval Religion and Metamorphosis and Identity, both published by Zone Books.

Reviews for Fragmentation and Redemption: Essays on Gender and the Human Body in Medieval Religion

"In 1188, the Benedictine monk Gervase of Canterbury wrote that, compared to the plodding chronicler, ""the historian proceeds diffusely and elegantly."" On the strength of her writing style and her sophisticated, sensitive deployment of prodigious knowledge, Caroline Bynum is surely a historian by Gervase""s standards... She provides an encouraging model for both historical endeavor and the management of an increasingly fragmented modern existence."" Christopher Hughes , Voice Literary Supplement"