Family, Sex, & Gender in Early Euro (HIST 272)
Term: 2014-2015 Academic Year Fall Term
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In this class, you will explore how gender was understood and experienced in medieval Europe. Our distance in time, space, and culture allows us to get both a deeper and a broader understanding of how gender expectations, sexuality and family practices interacted with other aspects of society. It will also help you develop the skills that historians use: working with primary source evidence, researching previous