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131-061 Sex and Love in the Medieval World | |
Note | Formerly available as 131-274/374. Students who have completed 131-274/374 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 1 |
Coordinator | Assoc Prof A Gilmour-Bryson |
Prerequisites | Usually 25 points of First Year History, see Prerequisites. |
Semester | Not Offered (view timetable) |
Subject Description | This subject explores the importance of the writing of pagan texts and those of the Patristic Fathers, and later medieval writers, on the construction of men and women, including the sexual notions implicit in medieval texts, and the writings of the Old and New Testament. It looks at what effect the development of chivalry and courtly love may have had on the roles of women and men. It discusses gender roles and what effect they had on both work and power in the medieval period. Students should complete the subject with an understanding of what, in this period, was conceived of as the proper place of men and women. |
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