Fall 2006

HIST 245
Women & Gender Pre-Mod Europe

Credit:  3 hours.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for a
Hist&Philosoph Perspect, and Western Compartv Cult course.

Examines the history of women and the evolution of concepts of gender in western Europe from roughly 400 to 1700. Topics include the interactions of class and ethnicity with women's experiences, the social construction of sexuality and gender, the misogynist tradition and women's self-images. Same as GWS 245, and MDVL 245.