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Until now the advent of Western romantic love has been seen as a liberation from-or antidote to-ten centuries of misogyny. In this major contribution to gender studies, R. Howard Bloch demonstrates how similar the ubiquitous antifeminism of medieval times and the romantic idealization of woman actually are.

Through analyses of a broad range of patristic and medieval texts, Bloch explores the Christian construction of gender in which the flesh is feminized, the feminine is aestheticized, and aesthetics are condemned in theological terms. Tracing the underlying theme of virginity from the Church Fathers to the courtly poets, Bloch establishes the continuity between early Christian antifeminism and the idealization of woman that emerged in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. In conclusion he explains the likely social, economic, and legal causes for the seeming inversion of the terms of misogyny into those of an idealizing tradition of love that exists alongside its earlier avatar until the current era.

This startling study will be of great value to students of medieval literature as well as to historians of culture and gender.

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Until now the advent of Western romantic love has been seen as a liberation from-or antidote to-ten centuries of misogyny. In this major contribution to gender studies, R. Howard Bloch demonstrates how similar the ubiquitous antifeminism of medieval times and the literary idealization of woman actually are.

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  • Title Medieval Misogyny and the Invention of Western Romantic Love
  • Author R. Howard Bloch
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 308
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago
  • Date 1992-01-15
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • ISBN 9780226059730 / 0226059731
  • Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.99 x 5.99 x 0.74 in (22.83 x 15.21 x 1.88 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Library of Congress subjects Social history - Medieval, 500-1500, Love - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 91012699
  • Dewey Decimal Code 305.409

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