Michaela Antonín Malaníková is assistant professor of medieval history at Palacký University Olomouc. Daniela Rywiková is assistant professor of art history at the University of Ostrava.

A fascinating and inspiring collection of contributions by Czech scholarship on gender issues in medieval and early modern history, visual and literary culture. The book will be a model for any future studies in the Central European research environment referring to questions about gendered identities and the relation between women and men in the past.

• List of FiguresPart I: Women and Gender in Czech Medieval History Foreword: Gender Trouble in Czech Medieval History ScholarshipMilena BartlováIntroduction: Premodern History and Art through the Prism of GenderMichaela Antonín Malaníková and Daniela RywikováChapter 1: Women's History and Gender History as Part of Czech Medieval StudiesMichaela Antonín MalaníkováPart II: Gender Identity through the Prism of Visual ArtsChapter 2: Medieval Art in the Czech Lands through the Prism of Gender: The Visual Culture of Royal Nunneries in Medieval Bohemia and Moravia Daniela RywikováChapter 3: Kunigunde – ‘ Bartered Bride’ and ‘Bride of Christ’Jennifer Vlcek ShurrChapter 4: Gender in Czech Secular Art of the Late Middle AgesJan DienstbierPart III: Gendering the Medieval Literature Chapter 5: Women as Men and Men as Women? Gender Roles in Anglo-Saxon Literature ReversedTereza KalouskováChapter 6: Gendered Body Politics and the Construction of Czech Historical MemoryVera S

Michaela Antonín Malaníková is assistant professor of medieval history at Palacký University Olomouc. Daniela Rywiková is assistant professor of art history at the University of Ostrava.

A fascinating and inspiring collection of contributions by Czech scholarship on gender issues in medieval and early modern history, visual and literary culture. The book will be a model for any future studies in the Central European research environment referring to questions about gendered identities and the relation between women and men in the past.

• List of FiguresPart I: Women and Gender in Czech Medieval History Foreword: Gender Trouble in Czech Medieval History ScholarshipMilena BartlováIntroduction: Premodern History and Art through the Prism of GenderMichaela Antonín Malaníková and Daniela RywikováChapter 1: Women's History and Gender History as Part of Czech Medieval StudiesMichaela Antonín MalaníkováPart II: Gender Identity through the Prism of Visual ArtsChapter 2: Medieval Art in the Czech Lands through the Prism of Gender: The Visual Culture of Royal Nunneries in Medieval Bohemia and Moravia Daniela RywikováChapter 3: Kunigunde – ‘ Bartered Bride’ and ‘Bride of Christ’Jennifer Vlcek ShurrChapter 4: Gender in Czech Secular Art of the Late Middle AgesJan DienstbierPart III: Gendering the Medieval Literature Chapter 5: Women as Men and Men as Women? Gender Roles in Anglo-Saxon Literature ReversedTereza KalouskováChapter 6: Gendered Body Politics and the Construction of Czech Historical MemoryVera S

Michaela Antonín Malaníková is assistant professor of medieval history at Palacký University Olomouc. Daniela Rywiková is assistant professor of art history at the University of Ostrava.

A fascinating and inspiring collection of contributions by Czech scholarship on gender issues in medieval and early modern history, visual and literary culture. The book will be a model for any future studies in the Central European research environment referring to questions about gendered identities and the relation between women and men in the past.

• List of FiguresPart I: Women and Gender in Czech Medieval History Foreword: Gender Trouble in Czech Medieval History ScholarshipMilena BartlováIntroduction: Premodern History and Art through the Prism of GenderMichaela Antonín Malaníková and Daniela RywikováChapter 1: Women's History and Gender History as Part of Czech Medieval StudiesMichaela Antonín MalaníkováPart II: Gender Identity through the Prism of Visual ArtsChapter 2: Medieval Art in the Czech Lands through the Prism of Gender: The Visual Culture of Royal Nunneries in Medieval Bohemia and Moravia Daniela RywikováChapter 3: Kunigunde – ‘ Bartered Bride’ and ‘Bride of Christ’Jennifer Vlcek ShurrChapter 4: Gender in Czech Secular Art of the Late Middle AgesJan DienstbierPart III: Gendering the Medieval Literature Chapter 5: Women as Men and Men as Women? Gender Roles in Anglo-Saxon Literature ReversedTereza KalouskováChapter 6: Gendered Body Politics and the Construction of Czech Historical MemoryVera S