Où sont les sorcières de la Lune Rouge ? Le vernis médiéval d’un féminisme menstruel
The feminist wave of the last twenty years gives particular importance to the female body, and in particular to menstruation. Authors of general public web pages are developing a new interest in this subject and are attempting to give it a historical dimension, with the risk of a sometimes idealized...
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| Language: | English |
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Société de Langues et de Littératures Médiévales d'Oc et d'Oil
2024-12-01
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| Series: | Perspectives Médiévales |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/peme/54378 |
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| Summary: | The feminist wave of the last twenty years gives particular importance to the female body, and in particular to menstruation. Authors of general public web pages are developing a new interest in this subject and are attempting to give it a historical dimension, with the risk of a sometimes idealized and caricatured vision of the attitude towards menstruation in ancient times, among which the Middle Ages is privileged. This article analyzes some cases of false claims circulating on pages of this type, for example those concerning the "red moon". It puts these claims into perspective, by placing them in the context of the movements of ecofeminism and the sacred feminine. It confronts them with what medieval sources really say about the link between menstruation and the lunar cycle, the ages of life, or witchcraft. |
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| ISSN: | 2262-5534 |