The Family, Property, and the State

Part of “Teaching Gender in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance,” a series of lectures open to the public, and related workshops open by application to faculty from the Center for Renaissance Studies consortium.

Marriage Stakes in urban Cultures of the Late Medieval North, 1250-1500
Martha Howell, Columbia University

Bridewell, Bedlan, and the Stage: State Violence and Gender Ideology in English Renaissance Drama
Jean Howard, Columbia University

“Male and Female Created He Them”: Shakespearean Reconstructions of Gender
Phyllis Rackin, University of Pennsylvania

See these related programs:

Gender and Literacy
Gender and Religion
Gender, the Economy, and the Law
Gender, Race, and Ethnicity
Genders and Sexualities

Learn more about Center for Renaissance Studies Programs.