Intersections of Gender, Religion and Ethnicity in the Middle Ages

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction: Gender, Power, and Difference....Pages 1-11
‘In what way can those who have left the world be distinguished?’: Masculinity and the Difference between Carolingian Men....Pages 12-33
Ruling Masculinities: From Adam to Apollonius of Tyre in Corpus 201b....Pages 34-61
The Tears of Bishop Gundulf: Gender, Religion, and Emotion in the Late Eleventh Century....Pages 62-84
Medieval Jewish/Christian Debate and the Question of Gender: Gilbert Crispin’s Disputatio Iudei et Christiani....Pages 85-103
Gender, Jewish Creditors, and Christian Debtors in Thirteenth-Century Exeter....Pages 104-124
Gendering the First Crusade in William of Malmesbury’s Gesta Regum Anglorum....Pages 125-139
Prince Bohemond, Princess Melaz, and the Gendering of Religious Difference in the Ecclesiastical History of Orderic Vitalis....Pages 140-157
Chaucer’s Viragos: A Postcolonial Engagement? A Case Study of the Man of Law’s Tale, the Monk’s Tale, and the Knight’s Tale....Pages 158-182
Warriors, Amazons, and Isles of Women: Medieval Travel Writing and Constructions of Asian Femininities....Pages 183-207
Back Matter....Pages 208-220