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Scheck, Helene.

Reform and resistance formations of female subjectivity in early medieval ecclesiastical culture / [electronic resource] : Helene Scheck. - Albany : SUNY Press, c2008. - 1 online resource (xii, 238 p.) : ill. - SUNY series in medieval studies . - SUNY series in medieval studies. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-228) and index.

Women in/and early ecclesiastical culture: an overview -- The limits of orthodoxy: being female and female being under Charlemagne -- Soul searching: Alcuin of York and his circle of female scholars -- Redressing the female subject: women, transvestite saints, and the Anglo-Saxon Benedictine reform -- Resounding silences: Mary and Eve in Anglo-Saxon reform literature -- Hrotsvit of Gandersheim: claiming her voice -- Hrotsvit of Gandersheim: recasting female subjectivities.

ISBN: 9781435663275 (electronic bk.) 1435663276 (electronic bk.)

Subjects--Personal Names:
Hrotsvitha, ca. 935-ca. 975 --Criticism and interpretation.
Alcuin, 735-804 --Criticism and interpretation.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
English literature--History and criticism.--Old English, ca. 450-1100
Christian literature, English (Middle)--History and criticism.
Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)--History and criticism.
Women in Christianity--History--Germany--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Christianity and literature--History--Germany--To 1500.
RELIGION--Christianity--History.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Germany--Church history--To 843.
Germany--Church history--843-1517.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: PR166 / .S34 2008eb BR854 / .S274 2008eb

Dewey Class. No.: 274/.03082