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.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:lnu-118743 |
| Date | January 2023 |
| Creators | Svensson, Emma |
| Publisher | Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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