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Genders and Sexualities in History
Intersections of Gender, Religion and Ethnicity in the Middle Ages
This collection of essays focuses attention on how medieval gender intersects with other categories of difference, particularly religion and ethnicity. It treats the period c.800-1500, with a particular focus on the era of the Gregorian reform movement, the First Crusade, and its linked attacks on Jews at home.
236 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2010
About the author
Cordelia Beattie
11 booksDr Cordelia Beattie, BA, MA, DPhil, FRHistS is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of History at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Dr Beattie studied medieval and modern history at the University of Birmingham, where she developed "an abiding interest in medieval social history". Her particular research interests in medieval women led her to apply to the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of York, where she obtained both an MA and a DPhil in Medieval Studies. In 2001 she was appointed as a Lecturer in Medieval History at Edinburgh, and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2008. The same year (2008) she was the founding director of the cross-College Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies.
She is currently the medieval editor for Manchester University Press’s Gender in History series and on the editorial board of Women’s History Review. Dr. Beattie is also on the steering committee of the Gender and Medieval Studies group.
Dr Beattie studied medieval and modern history at the University of Birmingham, where she developed "an abiding interest in medieval social history". Her particular research interests in medieval women led her to apply to the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of York, where she obtained both an MA and a DPhil in Medieval Studies. In 2001 she was appointed as a Lecturer in Medieval History at Edinburgh, and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2008. The same year (2008) she was the founding director of the cross-College Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies.
She is currently the medieval editor for Manchester University Press’s Gender in History series and on the editorial board of Women’s History Review. Dr. Beattie is also on the steering committee of the Gender and Medieval Studies group.
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