Cultural History of Women in the Middle Ages

Kim M. Phillips is Senior Lecturer in History, University of Auckland, New Zealand, and author of Medieval Maidens: Young Women and Gender in England, 1275-1540 and co-author of Sex Before Sexuality: A Premodern History.

• A Cultural History of Women in the Middle Ages, Edited by Kim M. PhillipsIntroductionThe Life Cycle: The Ages of Medieval Women, Cordelia Beattie, University of Edinburgh, UKBodies and Sexuality, April Harper, SUNY Oneonta, USAReligion and Popular Beliefs: Choices, Constraints, and Creativity for Christian Women, Katherine L. French, SUNY New Paltz, USAMedicine and Disease: The Female 'Patient' in Medieval Europe, Iona McCleery, University of Leeds, UKPublic and Private: Women in the Home, Women in the Streets, Kim M. Phillips, University of Auckland, New ZealandEducation and Work: Multiple Tasks and Lowly Status, Sandy Bardsley, Moravian College, USAPower: Medieval Women's Power through Authority, Autonomy, and Influence, Lois Huneycutt, University of Missouri, USAArtistic Representation: Women and/in Medieval Visual Culture, Marian Bleeke, Jennifer Borland, Rachel Dressler, Martha Easton and Elizabeth L'Estrange, The Medieval Feminist Art History Project, USA