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Namnlösa kvinnor, bönder och kyrkans män : Intersektionalitet i svenska medeltida mirakelberättelser / Nameless Women, Peasants and Men of the Church : Intersectionality in Swedish Medieval Miracles

The purpose of this essay is to analyze Swedish medieval miracle collections through an intersectional perspective to determine how gender and social hierarchy contributes to the medieval power structure. The analysis is done through the use of hermeneutics and discourse analysis as well as quantitative methods. The main conclusions are that while it is difficult to detect individuals’ place in the social hierarchy at times due to the nature of the discourse in the source material, having an elevated social status seems to benefit women in their treatment by the authors. The essay also concludes that one of the main factors in receiving respect from the authors appears to not particularly have to do with either gender or social status specifically but rather belonging to the church.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:lnu-118743
Date January 2023
CreatorsSvensson, Emma
PublisherLinnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)
Source SetsDiVA Archive at Upsalla University
LanguageSwedish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeStudent thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text
Formatapplication/pdf
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

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