State of Virginity: Gender, Religion, and Politics in an Early Modern Catholic State (Social History, Popular Culture, and Politics in Germany) | 
| Author: Ulrike Strasser
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 1764636
Media: Paperback
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Pages: 264
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6 x 0.7
ISBN: 0472032151
Dewey Decimal Number: 943.304
EAN: 9780472032150
ASIN: 0472032151
Publication Date: November 27, 2006
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Winner: 2005 Book Award from the Society for the Study of Early Modern Women; Selected by the German Studies Association as one of the top five books of 2004 in early modern history "A fresh, original study of gender roles and religious ideology in the early modern Catholic state. . . . Using a rich array of archival sources, Strasser explores ways in which an increasingly centralized Bavarian government in Munich inaugurated marriage and convent reforms and a civil religion based on the veneration of the Virgin Mary. Her carefully selected case studies show how church and state collaborated to produce a shared discourse and consistent policies proscribing extramarital sex, and excluding those without property from marriage. " —Choice Ulrike Strasser is Associate Professor of History, Affiliate Faculty in Women's Studies, and Core Faculty in Religious Studies at the University of California, Irvine.
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a nice look into medieval Germany July 11, 2005
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Strasser delves into the complexity of the status of women in medieval Germany. The title is a cheeky pun. State refers both to the presence (or absence) of virginity, and to the German city states and provinces and their ideas on the roles of women. The text shows that these roles could often be encapsulated in how the male dominated societies regarded virginity in women.
Unsurprisingly perhaps, the roles also reflect the class divisions of these societies. Strasser also relates this to the role of the Catholic Church in Bavaria in reinforcing the social mores. Readers familiar with more recent societies, like 19th century Britain, might see echoes of gender issues.
Along the way, the book also has interesting tidbits or glimpses into these vanished societies that would otherwise be lost to dusty archives.
While the tone of the book is scholarly, it is not closed off to non-specialists in history and feminism. Newcomers to these fields should be able to follow and enjoy the narrative.
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