Monsters, the Feminine, and the Diabolical in Medieval Culture

dc.contributor.advisor	Bayless, Martha
dc.contributor.author	Steiner, Rachel
dc.date.accessioned	2021-11-23T15:13:55Z
dc.date.available	2021-11-23T15:13:55Z
dc.date.issued	2021-11-23
dc.description.abstract	In the Middle Ages, it was believed that women were inferior to men intellectually, spiritually, and physically to the point where they were seen as a dangerous threat to men. Texts such as De Secretis Mulierum, the Decretum of Burchard of Worms, the legend of the fairy bride Mélusine, and the Malleus Maleficarum illustrate this point, showing that women were viewed as potential monsters. Through this study, I will show how these texts illustrate medieval anxieties about women that painted them as monstrous and inhuman, an attitude that helped create the late medieval and Early Modern witchcraft moral panic. By comparing the accusations made in these texts to female monsters of the Middle Ages, I will show how medieval popular culture thought of women as a monstrous group that was threatening to men.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1794/26888
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	University of Oregon
dc.rights	All Rights Reserved.
dc.subject	fairy	en_US
dc.subject	medieval	en_US
dc.subject	monsters	en_US
dc.subject	witch	en_US
dc.subject	women	en_US
dc.title	Monsters, the Feminine, and the Diabolical in Medieval Culture
dc.type	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
thesis.degree.discipline	Folklore Program
thesis.degree.grantor	University of Oregon
thesis.degree.level	masters
thesis.degree.name	M.A.

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