How Long to Read Memory and Gender in Medieval Europe, 900-1200

How Long Does it Take to Read Memory and Gender in Medieval Europe, 900-1200?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 20 minutes to read Memory and Gender in Medieval Europe, 900-1200 by Elisabeth Van Houts

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Remembering the past in the Middle Ages is a subject that is usually perceived as a study of chronicles and annals written by monks in monasteries. Following in the footsteps of early Christian historians such as Eusebius and St Augustine, the medieval chroniclers are thought of as men isolated in their monastic institutions, writing about the world around them. As the sole members of their society versed in literacy, they had a monopoly on the knowledge of the past as preserved in learned histories, which they themselves updated and continued. A self-perpetuating cycle of monks writing chronicles, which were read, updated and continued by the next generation, so the argument goes, remained the vehicle for a narrative tradition of historical writing for the rest of the Middle Ages. Elisabeth van Houts forcefully challenges this view and emphasises the collaboration between men and women in the memorial tradition of the Middle Ages through both narrative sources (chronicles, saints' lives and miracles) and material culture (objects such as jewellery, memorial stones and sacred vessels). Men may have dominated the pages of literature from the period, but they would not have had half the stories to write about if women had not told them: thus the remembrance of the past was a human experience shared equally between men and women.

How long is Memory and Gender in Medieval Europe, 900-1200?

Memory and Gender in Medieval Europe, 900-1200 by Elisabeth Van Houts is 196 pages long, and a total of 50,176 words.

This makes it 66% the length of the average book. It also has 61% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Memory and Gender in Medieval Europe, 900-1200 Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 34 minutes to read Memory and Gender in Medieval Europe, 900-1200 aloud.

What Reading Level is Memory and Gender in Medieval Europe, 900-1200?

Memory and Gender in Medieval Europe, 900-1200 is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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