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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture In the west, at least, claims about the presence of women were used to discredit particular religious groups, and may not have reflected the real presence (no pun intended) of women in those groups. So watch out for rhetorical topoi. Best, Megan At 12:26 AM 4/1/2006 +0800, you wrote: >medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > >I am not exactly sure here, but are there existing accounts of the roles >played by women in heresies that Eastern (Byzantine) Christianity tried to >suppress, such as the case of the Bogomils? This could be one lead. > >Kevin Jang > >----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Bugslag" <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 12:25 AM >Subject: Re: [M-R] women heretics in eastern christianity > > >>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture >> >>Richard, >>It has been claimed that the Empress Theodora in the 6th century harboured >>Monophysite monks in the Hormisdas Palace in Constantinople. The presence of >>Monophysites there is fairly well attested. It is possible, though, that >>Theodora's >>part in their presence there has been unduly emphasized as part of an >>intentional >>slur campaign. >>Cheers, >>Jim Bugslag >> >>On 30 Mar 2006 at 6:57, Richard Landes wrote: >> >>>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture >>> >>>talking with a student working on women and heresy. do we have many >>>examples of female heretics in Byzantium? >>>r >>> >>>********************************************************************** >>>To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME >>>to: [log in to unmask] >>>To send a message to the list, address it to: >>>[log in to unmask] >>>To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion >>>to: [log in to unmask] >>>In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: >>>[log in to unmask] >>>For further information, visit our web site: >>>http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html >> >>********************************************************************** >>To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME >>to: [log in to unmask] >>To send a message to the list, address it to: >>[log in to unmask] >>To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion >>to: [log in to unmask] >>In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: >>[log in to unmask] >>For further information, visit our web site: >>http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html > >********************************************************************** >To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME >to: [log in to unmask] >To send a message to the list, address it to: >[log in to unmask] >To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion >to: [log in to unmask] >In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: >[log in to unmask] >For further information, visit our web site: >http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html Megan McLaughlin Associate Professor of History and Women's Studies University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of History, 309 Gregory Hall 810 South Wright Street Urbana, Illinois 61801 U.S.A. Phone: 217-244-2084 Fax: 217-333-2297 E-mail: [log in to unmask] ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html