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Judith of West Francia is one of the most enigmatic of Charlemagne's early descendants. The daughter of the king of West Francia and future emperor Charles the Bald and his wife Ermentrude, she was one of only a handful of Carolingian princesses who were destined for marriage. Over the course of her teenage years she married two successive kings of Wessex, became the first consecrated queen of England, was widowed twice, returned to Francia with an immense dowry, and sparked a major diplomatic incident when she eloped with a nobleman from Flanders called Baldwin. Eventually she married Baldwin in early 864, and together they established the dynasty of the counts of Flanders. In doing so the couple laid the groundwork for what would become one of the mightiest and most prestigious territorial principalities in north-western Europe in the tenth and eleventh centuries. But even in the tenth century, exceedingly few written memories of Judith's life survived. This explains why she was never the subject of a biography in the medieval or early modern eras, and why scholarship's understanding of her life and legacy remains highly fragmented. This volume sets the record straight, offering an accessible and interdisciplinary discussion of all relevant and documented aspects of Judith's life and legacy.

Judith [Queen of England]

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Considering Butler's "tragic trilogy"-a set of interventions on Sophocles' Antigone, Euripides' Bacchae, and Aeschylus's Eumenides-this book seeks to understand not just how Butler uses and interprets Greek tragedy, but also how tragedy shapes Butler's thinking, even when their gaze is directed elsewhere. Through close readings of these tragedies, this book brings to light the tragic quality of Butler's writing. It shows how Butler's mode of reading tragedy-and, crucially, reading tragically-offers a distinctive ethico-political response to the harrowing dilemmas of our current moment. Deeply committed both to critical theory and political activism, Judith Butler is one of the most influential intellectuals today. Their ideas have touched the lives of many people, both readers and those who have never heard Butler's name. In encompassing gender performativity and sexual difference, vulnerability and precarity, disidentification and bodily interdependency, as well as the politics of protest, Butler's work is often predicated on a strong engagement with or proximity to Greek tragedy.

Greek drama (Tragedy) --- Literature --- Philosophy --- Butler, Judith,

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"This book explores how Judith Butler's work on gender and the shaping of the human subject and Michel Foucault's notion of parrhesia, 'speaking the truth', can be made fruitful for a theology of freedom. The volume illustrates the importance of three concepts - freedom, gender (body) and power (critique) - and how this triad provides the foundational categories and structural elements of a theology of freedom. By starting from an analysis of power and the performative potential of gendered embodiment, freedom can be thought of as the basis of creative and critical human action and thereby implemented in theology. The chapters feature several theological-historical case studies that are representative of topics that continue to shape contemporary Catholic norms and thought. In particular, the author reflects on the thirteenth century with the idea of personal sin and confession, and the nineteenth century with a gender ideology that has led to the marginalization of difference and dissent. The book shows how Butler and Foucault can provide essential insights for Catholic theology and is valuable reading for scholars of religion, philosophy, and gender and sexuality studies"--

Liberty --- Philosophy and religion --- Gender identity --- Power (Philosophy) --- Religious aspects --- Catholic Church --- Philosophy --- Butler, Judith, --- Foucault, Michel, --- Influence.

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La Bible du XIIIe siècle est la plus ancienne traduction française complète et littérale de la Vulgate. Produite à Paris vers le milieu du XIIIe siècle, elle se répand rapidement dans des milieux féminins : sa mention la plus ancienne (1274) évoque en effet la crainte d'interprétations inconvenantes, voire hérétiques, de la part des Béguines. Malgré son importance, cette translation demeure largement inédite.La présente publication tente de relancer le projet d'une édition complète, qui s'était arrêté à la Genèse. Claudio Lagomarsini a repris ici ce travail en éditant Ruth, Judith et Esther, soit les trois livres de l'Ancien Testament ayant pour protagonistes des femmes exemplaires. Il s'agit de courts livres narratifs dont l'étude est également intéressante pour examiner le développement de la prose française au cours du XIIIe siècle, qui vit aussi l'élaboration des grands cycles arthuriens et des premiers ouvrages historiographiques en prose.

Bible --- French literature --- Bible OT. Historical books. Judith --- Bible OT. Historical books. Esther --- Bible OT. Historical books. Ruth --- anno 1200-1299 --- Old French literature