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This scholarly study examines how medieval culture conceptualised monstrosity through the lens of the female body, a construct that fundamentally differed from other monstrous representations of the era. Miller argues that whilst medieval maps positioned monstrous races on civilised society's distant periphery, the female body as monster was inescapably central to medieval life, manifesting as mother, sister, wife, and daughter within communities. The book explores how medieval teratology engaged with religious, racial, and corporeal aberrations, challenging conventional assumptions about marginalization and monstrosity. By positioning the female body within this framework, the work reveals how medieval conceptualisations of the monstrous were shaped by gender, domesticity, and proximity to power structures. This Routledge volume contributes to medieval studies by demonstrating that monstrosity was not always a distant or exotic concept but rather embedded within the very fabric of medieval social relations and cultural understanding.

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Medieval Monstrosity and the Female Body provides critical analysis of how medieval teratology constructed gender as inherently monstrous.

The study argues that female bodies occupied a unique position in medieval monstrosity discourse, existing as pervasive rather than peripheral figures.

Miller's work examines religious, racial, and corporeal aberrations within medieval culture to challenge traditional assumptions about monstrous otherness.

Published by Routledge as part of their Studies in Medieval Religion and Culture series, this book situates medieval femininity within broader historical contexts.

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Brand: Routledge
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 0415873592
Category: Books > Subjects > History > Europe > Medieval
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 24 August 2010
Listed Since: 22 June 2009

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