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Living Dangerously: On the Margins in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
Barbara A. Hanawalt (Ed.)
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Description for Living Dangerously: On the Margins in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
Paperback. Examines the lives of those who lived on the margins of medieval and early modern European society. This book explores obvious marginalized classes, such as criminals, gypsies, and prostitutes. It also challenges traditional understandings of the margin by showing that female mystics could fall into the margins. Editor(s): Hanawalt, Barbara A.; Grotans, Anna. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 12. Weight in Grams: 367.
The essays in Living Dangerously, written by some of the leading scholars in the fields of history and literature, examine the lives of those who lived on the margins of medieval and early modern European society. While some essays explore obvious marginalized classes, such as criminals, gypsies, and prostitutes, others challenge traditional understandings of the margin by showing that female mystics, speculators in the Dutch mercantile empire, and writers of satire, for example, could fall into the margins. These essays reveal the symbiotic relationship that exists between the marginalized and the social establishment: the dominant culture needs its margins.
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
182
Place of Publication
Notre Dame IN, United States
ISBN
9780268030827
SKU
V9780268030827
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About Barbara A. Hanawalt (Ed.)
Barbara A. Hanawalt is King George III Professor of British History at Ohio State University.
Reviews for Living Dangerously: On the Margins in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
“This volume contains six strong and diverse essays, each of which individually contributes to the substantial scholarly literature on medieval and early modern marginality.” —Modern Philology “The essays in this volume take the reader on an intellectual voyage of adventure across space and time in pre-modern Europe, stopping off in Germany, the Low Countries, England, Spain, and France. They lucidly ... Read more