Women at the Beginning: Origin Myths from the Amazons to the Virgin Mary by Patrick J. Geary

Women at the Beginning: Origin Myths from the Amazons to the Virgin Mary

Patrick J. Geary

104 pages first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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In these four artfully crafted essays, Patrick Geary explores the way ancient and medieval authors wrote about women. Geary describes the often marginal role women played in origin legends from antiquity until the twelfth century. Not confining hi...

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