American Album abridged. How we looked and how we lived in a Vanished USA. Rare Photographs Collected by the Editors of American Heritage. In de kijker staan een aantal vrouwen, en 1 keer een ding, waar telkens een hoofdstuk aan gewijd is. Jammer genoeg is de vertaling van dit boek ondermaats en hangt het vertelde aaneen van “wellichts” en “waarschijnlijks”.

Hard Cover Illustrated Near Fine Near Fine very minor bumping to spine top and baseThe story of an amazing woman: a dispossessed princess, separated from her profligate, dissolute husband arrives in Paris and with her beauty and personality develops an elite salon; among her admirers were Laf.US writer Julie Otsuka wins Femina foreign novel prize". France24. 6 November 2012 . Retrieved 6 November 2012. Priapus 20 an impromptu compilation of poetry, illustration & criticism (Autumn 1970) / Roger Iredala, Harry Guest, W G Shepherd, Peter Scupham, Wes Magee, Bernard Stay, Joan Murray Simpson, Andrew Young, Jim W Miller, Thomas Tessier, Peter Cundall, John Cotton, Mark Frobisher This book’s title is very misleading. I read more about men than women. Oh and also archaeologists than the actual women. John Cotton (Editor) / Roger Iredala, Harry Guest, W G Shepherd, Peter Scupham, Wes Magee, Bernard Stay, Joan Murray Simpson, Andrew Young, Jim W Miller, Thomas Tessier, Peter Cundall, John Cotton, Mark Frobisher

A groundbreaking reappraisal of medieval femininity, revealing why women have been written out of history and why it matters

Ramirez’s essay style of an introduction to each chapter’s subject by reference to a relatively contemporary event (for example the 1997 canonisation of the fourteenth century Jadwiga, “King” of the Poles in chapter 7), followed by an imaginative verbal recreation of an event in the individual’s life and then an exploration of their wider historical significance is a good approach. But it does become repetitive and underlines the discontinuity of the essays.

Setting the stage: At the beginning of each chapter, Ramírez employed a rather ingenious writing technique. She set the stage. Painted us a picture of the time and place. Such a thing is usually mainly done in fiction, but I found it very engaging and enlightening. I loved those little insights in the world and the time. Generell hat das Buch leider keinen erkennbaren roten Faden: es handelt sich um eine Aneinandereihung von Biographien von Frauen und Essays über Personengruppen bzw . Kunstobjekten aus dem Mittelalter, was grundsätzlich ja ganz spannend sein kann. Jedoch ist die einzige Gemeinsamkeit das in irgendeiner Form Frauen beteiligt waren, und das war's auch schon. Über die Auswahl kann man definitiv streiten; ich hätte keine weiteren Ausführungen über Hildegard von Bingen gebraucht, über die gefühlt schon alles geschrieben worden ist. Der Texte über den Teppich von Bayeux war ebenfalls deplatziert, man erfährt nichts über die Frauen die den Teppich hergestellt haben (weil es dazu auch gar keine gesicherten Erkenntnisse gibt) - die Autorin gibt nur anekdotisch wieder, was auf dem Teppich zu sehen ist. Das Kapitel über die Katharer war völlig überflüssig, von Frauen war kaum die Rede und am Ende erzählt die Autorin krude Theorien von Nazis und dem Heiligen Gral, wobei sie mich völlig verloren hat. An der Stelle hatte ich kaum noch Motivation weiterzulesen. We wouldn’t consider describing what it’s like to be alive today based purely on news stories. We would personalise and fill our account with music, film, food, fashion and more. This is what an interdisciplinary historian tries to do – bring a period to life by combining all types of evidence. Valkyrie includes Old Norse poetry alongside archaeological finds and painted runestones to show how the lived experiences of women in the Viking world were varied and fascinating.My only criticism would be that the book is heavily focused on central and western Europe, I think a broader scale would be great. The middle ages are seen as a bloodthirsty time of Vikings, saints and kings: a patriarchal society which oppressed and excluded women. But when we dig a little deeper into the truth, we can see that the 'dark' ages were anything but. If you're more of a contemporary historian or just fancy a nice history book, this is not your book. It is very factual, not ideal for those who don't know much about medieval times as you will be lost. It doesn't explain the history of the time or the people. It just assumes you will know. Man, give me timeliness, at least! Femina examines case studies of women from throughout the early ages by analysing artifacts, providing contextual information and interspersing the text with vivid descriptions to bring the ancient women to life. In 9 chapters, Ramírez expertedly weaves an astounding narrative firmly explaining how, if not wrong, but distorted modern history truly is. Ook is in de loop van de geschiedenis de vrouw naar het achterplan verdwenen, onzichtbaar en ondergeschikt geworden, terwijl enkel de geschiedenis van de machtigen en de heersers werd bewaard.