'I talk people, and you answer back in provinces': gender history in 'The Lion in Winter'
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'I talk people, and you answer back in provinces': gender history in 'The Lion in Winter'
Courtesy of Héloïse Audry http://www.parcheminetparpot.com
Tomorrow I'm teaching a seminar on gender horizons in the 12th century and how kinship and marriage patterns shaped new models of woman sociology. As I was preparing, I remembered the brief tête-à-tête between king Henry and his mistress Alix in James Goldman's play The Lion in Winter. It could …
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