ENG 507 - Women Writers Of Middle Ages

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University of Rochester

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Description:

"The Matrix of Wisdom" examines writing and recorded speaking of medieval western European women. Starting with the 9thC carolingian noblewoman Dhuoda and her letters to her son, we end with Joan of Arc’s trial in the 15thC and the transcripts of other women brought before the Inquisition. This course mingles secular writings with religious; romance and protest with vision. Abbess, nun, mother, widow, court poet, heretic and convert come together in these selections from Hildegard of Bingen, Elisabeth of Schönau, Na Prous Boneta, Heloise, Margery Kemp, Marie de France, Julian of Norwich, Christine of Pizan and others. The focus of the course is wise transgression: under what conditions could women break or not break the rules that kept them from writing, roaring, preaching, objecting, cross-dressing, doing battle, chastising popes and monarchs, challenging church doctrine, or from speaking out at all? Another is the relationships women nurtured with fellow women and the men who were loyal.

Credits:

5.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.rochester.edu

Phone Number:

(888) 822-2256

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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