Katherine Weikert is Senior Lecturer in Early Medieval European History at the University of Winchester.

“This is a stimulating collection overall that contains a number of well-written contributions inviting any reader to ask more questions. The book convincingly shows what paying attention to the construction of gendered identities can bring to our understanding of medieval societies, their texts, and objects.” • H-Soz-Kult

• Introduction: Gender and Status in the Medieval WorldKatherine Weikert and Elena WoodacreChapter 1. Mirrors for Margraves: Peter Damian’s Models for Male and Female RulersAlison CreberChapter 2. Inaudito Exemplo: The Abduction of Romsey’s AbbessLinda D. BrownChapter 3. The Corpus Christi Devotion: Gender, Liturgy, and Authority among Dominican Nuns in Castile in the Middle AgesMercedes Pérez VidalChapter 4. From Villainous Letch and Sinful Outcast, to “Especially Beloved of God”: Complicating the Medieval Leper through Gender and Social StatusChristina Welch and Rohan BrownChapter 5. “To Take a Wyf”: Marriage, Status, and Moral Conduct in “The Merchant’s Tale”Natalie HannaChapter 6. Objectification, Empowerment, and the Male Gaze in the Lanval CorpusElizabeth S. LeetChapter 7. Pueri Sunt Pueri: Machismo, Chivalry, and the Aggressive Pastimes of the Medieval Male YouthSean McGlynnChapter 8. “And Much More I am Soryat for My Good Knyghts”: Fainting, Homosociality, and Elite Male Culture in Middle English RomanceRachel E. MossChapter 9. Wrist Clasps and Patriliny: A HypothesisFrank Battaglia