HIST 306 Women, Sex, Gender in the Middle Ages, 1100-1500
This course examines the experience of women in Western Europe during the later Middle Ages (ca. 1100-1500) and the contributions that women made to that culture. At the same time, the course examines how medieval gender systems were historically constructed and the implications of that construction for society and the sexes. The discussion component of the course introduces a broad range of primary sources available in translation along with methods of historical analysis and interpretation. Topics include: women and the law; work; marriage and family; religious life and experience; heresy and crime; scientific and medical discourses about women; literary and cultural production.