Medieval
Lives: Teaching about Women in the Middle Ages
Professor
Judith Bennett, UNC Department
of History
About
Professor Bennett
About
this Seminar Topic
Summary
of this Session
Follow-Up
Information
Links
to Websites Concerning this Topic
This session,
held Saturday, November 14, 1998 generated a great deal of interest.
Over thirty participants joined us for a discussion of women's lives in
the Middle Ages. For a summary of this interesting session, click
here.
About
Professor Bennett
Judith
M. Bennett is Francis Stuart Chapin, Jr. Professor of History. Her
research centers on ordinary women in the Middle Ages, and her book-length
studies include one on peasant women and another on women’s work in the
brewing of ale and beer. She is the author of a forthcoming book
for students entitled A Medieval Life: Cecilia Penifader of Bridgstock,
c. 1297-1344. The recipient of one of UNC-CH’s most prestigious teaching
awards, Professor Bennett teaches courses on Western Civilization, medieval
history, and women’s history.
About
This Seminar Topic
“Medieval
Lives: Teaching about Women in the Middle Ages” explored how teachers
might integrate information on women into the history of the Middle Ages,
as it is taught at the secondary level in North Carolina. We focused
quite specifically on some of the items outlined in the NC Standard Course
of Study:
* Debates
about how the status of women changed over the course of the Middle Ages;
*
Women in medieval religious life, especially veneration of the Blessed
Virgin Mary and nuns;
*
Women in medieval towns and villages;
*
Women and medieval culture and learning.
Follow-Up
Information
During
the session, Dr. Bennett mentioned that she would like to include some
additional primary source material on the religious fasting of Medieval
women, and some secondary sources on witchcraft. Below are links
to that information:
Primary
Source Materials on Women's Religious Fasts
Secondary
Source Materials on Witchcraft
(We
have included some materials on American witchcraft as well.)
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