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Record Number:
9537
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Blamires , Alcuin.
Contributor(s):
Title:
Caput a femina, membra a viris: Gender Polemic in Abelard's Letter "On the Authority and Dignity of the Nun's Profession [Abelard, at the request of Heloise, writes about the precedents for and the origins of female religious, emphasizing their parity, priority, exclusivity, and supremacy in a pro-feminist apology].
Source:
The Tongue of the Fathers: Gender and Ideology in Twelfth-Century Latin. Edited by David Townsend and Andrew Taylor. University of Pennsylvania Press, 1998. Pages 55 - 79.
Description:
Article Type:
Essay
Subject
(See Also)
:
Abelard, Peter, Philosopher- Letters- De Auctoritate Vel Dignitate Ordinis Sanctimonialium
Bible Exegesis
Gender
Heloise, Abbess of Le Paraclet
Monasticism
Polemics- Women
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
France
Century:
12
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Rounding out the block of Abelard-and-Heloise essays is Alcuin Blamires' contribution, Caput a femina, membra a viris: Gender Polemic in Abelard's Letter 'On the Authority and Dignity of the Nun's Profession". In sharp contrast to Desmond's extensive use
Author's Affiliation:
University of Wales, Lampeter
Conference Info:
- , -
Year of Publication:
1998.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
0812234405