Authority, Gender and Emotions in Late Medieval and Early Modern England

by Susan Broomhall

This collection explores how situations of authority, governance, and influence were practised through both gender ideologies and affective performances in medieval and early modern England. Authority is inherently relational it must be asserted over someone who allows or is forced to accept this dominance. The capacity to exercise authority is therefore a social and cultural act, one that is shaped by social identities such as gender and by social...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137531150
• ISBN13: 9781137531155
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 229 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.5"