Jean Gerson and Gender Rhetoric and Politics in Fifteenth-Century France [Hardcover]

Jean Gerson and Gender examines the deployment of gendered rhetoric by the influential late medieval politically active theologian, Jean Gerson (1363-1429), as a means of understanding his reputation for political neutrality, the role played by royal women in the French royal court, and the rise of the European witch hunts.Introduction: Gendering Gerson 1. Gender, University Authority, and the French Royal Court 2. Charity, Pride, and Patronage 3. Inspired by Princess Isabelle 4. Coopting Royal Women's Authority 5. Gerson, Mystics, and Witches? Conclusion

Nancy McLoughlin is currently Assistant Professor of History at the University of California, Irvine, USA. She has published four articles on Parisian theologian Jean Gerson (1363-1429). She has also taught at the University of New Mexico, USA.