Køn, krop og ånd i middelalderen

Very often, the medieval view on "gender" and "body" is depicted either unequivocally negative or just equivocal. According to this simplistic picture, a number of medieval men and women have been portrayed as alternately extremely misogynist and extremely submissive and self-sup...

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Autor principal: Else Marie Wiberg Pedersen
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:7a659078fa8e40afb8d3d30aaf9a77352021-12-01T00:11:53ZKøn, krop og ånd i middelalderen10.7146/kkf.v0i3.284822245-6937https://doaj.org/article/7a659078fa8e40afb8d3d30aaf9a77351997-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://tidsskrift.dk/KKF/article/view/28482https://doaj.org/toc/2245-6937Very often, the medieval view on "gender" and "body" is depicted either unequivocally negative or just equivocal. According to this simplistic picture, a number of medieval men and women have been portrayed as alternately extremely misogynist and extremely submissive and self-suppressing. With the examples of Bernard of Clairvaux, Beatrice of Nazareth, Mechtild of Hackeborn, and Gertrud of Helfta, this article tries to differentiate more subtly the perception of the concepts "woman/female" and "man/male" by pointing to their function as symbols within the Christian tradition. Furthermore, it is demonstrated that the view on body/soul is not an expression of simple dualism.Else Marie Wiberg PedersenThe Royal Danish LibraryarticleSocial SciencesHDAENNBSVKvinder, Køn & Forskning, Iss 3 (1997)
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Else Marie Wiberg Pedersen
Køn, krop og ånd i middelalderen
description Very often, the medieval view on "gender" and "body" is depicted either unequivocally negative or just equivocal. According to this simplistic picture, a number of medieval men and women have been portrayed as alternately extremely misogynist and extremely submissive and self-suppressing. With the examples of Bernard of Clairvaux, Beatrice of Nazareth, Mechtild of Hackeborn, and Gertrud of Helfta, this article tries to differentiate more subtly the perception of the concepts "woman/female" and "man/male" by pointing to their function as symbols within the Christian tradition. Furthermore, it is demonstrated that the view on body/soul is not an expression of simple dualism.
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title Køn, krop og ånd i middelalderen
title_short Køn, krop og ånd i middelalderen
title_full Køn, krop og ånd i middelalderen
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title_full_unstemmed Køn, krop og ånd i middelalderen
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