A Feminist Take on Medieval History
How does Chaucer write about rape and consent. What links Kim Kardashian West & Margery Kempe, the English Christian mystic and mother of 14 who wrote about her religious visions.
How does Chaucer write about rape and consent ? What links Kim Kardashian West & Margery Kempe - an English Christian mystic and mother of 14 children who wrote about her religious visions in the 1420s in what has been called the first autobiography in English. Alicia Spencer-Hall, Elizabeth Robertson and New Generation Thinker Hetta Howes join Shahidha Bari for a conversation about new research and what a feminist take brings to our understanding of the medieval period.
Made with the assistance of the AHRC - the Arts and Humanities Research Council which funds research into the humanities and works with 大象传媒 Radio 3 on the New Generation Thinkers scheme to make academic research available to a wider audience.
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