Strategies of Passion

This book is concerned with the social and gendered meanings of love in medieval Norway and Iceland. In the Viking Age, to love would most often imply a submissive social position, while being loved by a woman could elevate a man above the status of her family. Women were supposed to love upwards in...

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Auteur principal : Bandlien Bjørn (Auteur)
Format : Livre
Langue : anglais
Titre complet : Strategies of Passion / Bjørn Bandlien
Publié : Turnhout : Brepols (éditions) , 2005
Collection : Medieval Texts and Cultures of Northern Europe ; 6
Accès en ligne : Accès Nantes Université
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