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Women in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. Studies from Western Europe and North Africa, ed. Éric Fournier and Maijastina Kahlos. Cultural Encounters in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, 44. Turnhout: Brepols, 2025, pp. 330.

by Emanuele Piazza (Author)
3 Pages
Open Access
Journal: Mediaevistik Volume 39 Issue 1 Publication Year 2026 pp. 359 - 361

Summary

In the Introduction (“Women in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages: An Introduction,” pp. 13–27), the editors of the volume, Éric Fournier and Maijastina Kahlos, emphasize the serious lack of historical research on women during late antiquity and the early medieval Roman–Barbarian kingdoms (with the exception of the Gallic region). They address this research gap also encouraging male scholars to become more involved “to reduce the ‘ghettoization’ of women’s history written by women for women” (p. 14). All of this is based on the concrete assumption that women’s history is an integral and significant part of historiographical research.

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Pages
3
DOI
10.3726/med.2026.01.77
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CC-BY
Publication date
2026 (August)
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Emanuele Piazza (Author)

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Title: Women in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. Studies from Western Europe and North Africa, ed. Éric Fournier and Maijastina Kahlos. Cultural Encounters in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, 44. Turnhout: Brepols, 2025, pp. 330.