From Castration to Misogyny. Meaning of Liudprand of Cremona’s Humour

• Authors: Antoni Grabowski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Liudprand of Cremona is one of the most interesting authors of the tenth century. He is well known for his description of the Byzantine court and also for his jokes in Antapodosis – a first chronicle of Europe. Based on these tales, he is treated by scholars as a prime example of medieval misogyny. Lately the more political view of these narrations emerged, but still women in Liudprand’s works are seen mainly as victims. This essay shows that this view is wrong and that there is much more to be found in the text. Through Liudprand’s jokes emerges a much more complicated view of the position and role of woman in the society. To see this, the stories have to be put in the context of the tenth-century society.

Keywords

EN

gender; sex; violence; nudity; castration; humour

PL

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla PAN w Warszawie
• Journal: Acta Poloniae Historica
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 112

Dates

published

2015

online

2015-12-01

Contributors

author

Antoni Grabowski

Identifiers

DOI

10.12775/APH.2015.112.08