‘Dattet gheen vrauwe werc en es’

Abstract

In the first issue of Nederlandse letterkunde, Dieuwke van der Poel analysed Der vrouwen heimelijcheit, a rhymed Middle Dutch text regarding all sorts of 'women's affairs' such as conception, pregnancy and menstruation. She examined the text from a gender perspective and in particular from the different point of view of women as readers. Building on this approach, this article presents a brief overview of the research trends on gender in Middle Dutch literature since Van der Poel's publication. The unique position of women as readers and writers is a central topic, alongside new developments in the field of user contexts. The increasing focus on manuscript variation offered new insights into readership and how readers (m/v/x) interact with their texts. In addition, intersectional analysis of the relationship between status and gender provides additional understanding of the possibilities and limitations of women and their role in both creating and interpreting Middle Dutch literature.

Middelnederlandse en historische letterkunde na de ‘turbo-mediëvistiek’

“…14 Van Oostrom & Willaert 1989. 15 Van Oostrom 1995, Van Oostrom 1997, Janssens 2000, Wackers 2002, Fraeters 2004, Van Anrooij 2005, Besamusca 2006, Besamusca 2009, Janssens 2012, Mareel 2018, Kestemont 2021, Demets 2021. Ik ben er me van bewust dat dit lijstje niet volledig is.…”