Heidi Breuer: 1 book
Crafting the Witch
Gendering Magic in Medieval and Early Modern England
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2009
This book analyzes the gendered transformation of magical figures occurring in Arthurian romance in England from the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries.
In the earlier texts, magic is predominantly a masculine pursuit, garnering its user prestige and power, but in the later texts, magic becomes...
