Sex in the civitas: early Irish Intellectuals and their vision of women (pre-print version)
Swift C. (2013) Sex in the Civitas: Early Irish Intellectuals and their Vision of Women. In: Sheehan S., Dooley A. (eds) Constructing Gender in Medieval Ireland. The New Middle Ages. Palgrave Macmillan, New York
Abstract
Given arguments that Irish poets and churchmen could be educated together, this paper quarries ecclesiastical sources for stereotypes informing female depictions in narrative literature.
Keywords
Married womanDomestic setting
Searching scripture
Biblical commentary
North American scholarship