The Widow's Tale by Margaret Frazer

The Widow's Tale by Margaret Frazer

Despite the wealth of empirical research currently available on the interrelationships of gender and labor, we still know comparatively little about the forms of classification and categorization that have helped shape these social phenomena over time. Categories in Context seeks to enrich our understanding of how cognitive categories such as status, law, and rights have been produced, comprehended, appropriated, and eventually transformed by relevant actors. By focusing on specific developments in France and Germany through a transnational lens, this volume produces insights that can be applied to a wide variety of political, social, and historical contexts.

Margaret Frazer is the author of the Sister Frevisse Medieval Mysteries series, which includes The Servant's Tale and The Prioress' Tale, both of which were Edgar Award nominees for Best Original Paperback. She resides in the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota.