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Using compelling manuscript evidence, she argues that the content of the women’s books was overwhelmingly gender-egalitarian and frequently feminist (i.e., resistant to patriarchal ideas). This intriguing book provides unprecedented glimpses into the “feminist consciousness” of the women’s and mixed-sex communities that flourished in the early Middle Ages.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49732301848849,"sku":"NGR9780823256877","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0823256871.jpg?v=1751395921"},{"product_id":"reading-gender-book-felice-lifshitz-9781032392431","title":"Reading Gender","description":"This collection brings together twelve essays published between 1988 and 2014, two of which are here translated into English from (respectively) their original French or German. 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