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Dec 14, 2025
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HUMN 7316 - Female Sanctity in the Middle Ages
Credits: 3
Studies female sanctity in the Middle Ages, from the virgin martyrs of antiquity to the heretic/saint Joan of Arc. Through classroom discussions and presentations based on careful readings of primary texts, students consider such topics as how women negotiated and renegotiated their position relative to men throughout the centuries, how women represented themselves in self-authored texts compared to how male authors represented women in texts, and how religious women addressed the anxiety of church and society regarding their status. May be applied to the following curricular field concentrations: humanities; gender studies; global studies.
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