The Functions and Dysfunctions of the Medieval and Renaissance Family II: Bourgeois Families under Stress
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association
Organizer Name
Thomas P. Klein
Organizer Affiliation
Idaho State Univ.
Presider Name
Kimberly A. Klimek
Presider Affiliation
Metropolitan State Univ. of Denver
Paper Title 1
Enriching Allegories: Domestic Discourse and Dispute in Chaucer's Tale of Melibee
Presenter 1 Name
Adam Osborn
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Auburn Univ.
Paper Title 2
The Family That Slays Together: Interfamilial Violence and Insult in Late Medieval Lucca
Presenter 2 Name
Corinne Wieben
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Univ. of Northern Colorado
Paper Title 3
Cowering, Complaining, Commiserating: The Henpecked Husband and Discourses of Spousal Abuse in John Lydgate's Disguising at Hertford
Presenter 3 Name
Eileen Kim
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Wilfrid Laurier Univ.
Paper Title 4
Bougeois Families under Stress
Presenter 4 Name
Kathleen Ashley
Presenter 4 Affiliation
Univ. of Southern Maine
Start Date
14-5-2016 3:30 PM
Session Location
Schneider 1325
Description
"The Functions and Dysfunctions of the Medieval and Renaissance Family II: Bourgeois Families Under Stress" takes historical and literary approaches to medieval and Renaissance families, and include discussion of the family of Chaucer's Melibee as an actual family: familial insult exchange in 14th c. Lucca; the ambivalence of men being abused by their wives in 14th and 15th c. England; and Protestant-Catholic antagonism among families in 16th and 17th c. Burgundy.
The Functions and Dysfunctions of the Medieval and Renaissance Family II: Bourgeois Families under Stress
Schneider 1325
"The Functions and Dysfunctions of the Medieval and Renaissance Family II: Bourgeois Families Under Stress" takes historical and literary approaches to medieval and Renaissance families, and include discussion of the family of Chaucer's Melibee as an actual family: familial insult exchange in 14th c. Lucca; the ambivalence of men being abused by their wives in 14th and 15th c. England; and Protestant-Catholic antagonism among families in 16th and 17th c. Burgundy.