Jean Gerson and Gender examines the deployment of gendered rhetoric by the influential late medieval politically active theologian, Jean Gerson (1363-1429), as a means of understanding his reputation for political neutrality, the role played by royal women in the French royal court, and the rise of the European witch hunts.

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University of California, Irvine, USA

Nancy McLoughlin

About the author

Nancy McLoughlin is currently Assistant Professor of History at the University of California, Irvine, USA. She has published four articles on Parisian theologian Jean Gerson (1363-1429). She has also taught at the University of New Mexico, USA.

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Book Title: Jean Gerson and Gender
Book Subtitle: Rhetoric and Politics in Fifteenth-Century France
Authors: Nancy McLoughlin
Series Title: Genders and Sexualities in History
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137488831
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-48882-4Published: 29 June 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-48883-1Published: 12 January 2016
Series ISSN: 2730-9479
Series E-ISSN: 2730-9487
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 245
Topics: European History, History of Medieval Europe, Social History, Applied Linguistics, Religious Studies, general, Gender Studies

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

Front Matter

Introduction: Gendering Gerson

Gender, University Authority, and the French Royal Court

Charity, Pride, and Patronage

Inspired by Princess Isabelle

Co-opting Royal Women’s Authority

Gerson, Mystics, and Witches?

Conclusion

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