TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bloch,R.Howard
TI  - Medieval misogyny and the invention of Western romantic love
SN  - 9780226059907 (electronic bk.)
AV  - HQ1143 .B56 1991eb
U1  - 305.4/09/02 22
PY  - 1991///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - University of Chicago Press
KW  - Women
KW  - History
KW  - Middle Ages, 500-1500
KW  - Social history
KW  - Medieval, 500-1500
KW  - Misogyny
KW  - Europe
KW  - Patriarchy
KW  - Love
KW  - Femmes
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 500-1500 (Moyen Âge)
KW  - Misogynie
KW  - Patriarcat (Sociologie)
KW  - Amour
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Women's Studies
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Vrouwenhaat
KW  - gtt
KW  - Liefde
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - ქალები
KW  - ისტორია
KW  - შუა საუკუნეები
KW  - სოციოლოგია
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Spine title: Medieval misogyny & the invention of Western romantic love; Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-290) and index; Molestiae nuptiarum and the Yahwist creation --; Early Christianity and the estheticization of gender --; "Devil's gateway" and "Bride of Christ" -- Poetics of virginity --; Old French lay and the myriad modes of male indiscretion --; Love lyric and the paradox of perfection --; Heiresses and dowagers: the power of women to dispose
N2  - Until now the advent of Western romantic love has been seen as a liberation from--or antidote to--ten centuries of misogyny. In this major contribution to gender studies, R. Howard Bloch demonstrates how similar the ubiquitous antifeminism of medieval times and the romantic idealization of woman actually are. Through analyses of a broad range of patristic and medieval texts, Bloch explores the Christian construction of gender in which the flesh is feminized, the feminine is aestheticized, and aesthetics are condemned in theological terms. Tracing the underlying theme of virginity from the Church
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