Wikipedia talk:Education program archive/University of Maryland, College Park/Women in Medieval Culture and Society (Spring 2013)/Course description

In the last few decades, historians have been working to integrate women into the “master narratives” of medieval history. This has been a challenging project. Conventional medieval sources, such as chronicles, are overwhelmingly written by and about men; literary sources include more women, but may not reliably reflect women’s lived experience. In this course, we will explore the historical record for evidence about women’s lives at all levels of society, and investigate the many cultural roles that women held, as writers, rulers, workers, wives, and mothers.

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