Stephanie Novasio

University of Birmingham, Department of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology, Graduate Student

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My AHRC-funded doctoral research focused on ageing and the Life Course (lifecycle) in the medieval eastern Mediterranean (1204-1453). Drawing on theoretical approaches from the social sciences, I examined how the stages of the Byzantine Life Course were constructed and represented across a range of textual, visual, and archaeological evidence. I am particularly interested in the role of age - and its intersection with gender and social status - in formulating medieval identities. To date, I have published multiple book chapters on themes ranging from the construction of literary identities in Byzantine romance to the intersection of (feminine) gender and crime in Byzantium.
Supervisors: Prof Leslie Brubaker and Dr Archibald Dunn

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Women and Violence in the Late Medieval Mediterranean, ca. 1100-1500

by Lidia Zanetti Domingues, Lorenzo Caravaggi, Giulia Maria Paoletti, élisabeth malamut, Stephanie Novasio, Lucie Arrighi, Maximilian C G Lau, and Alberto Luongo

Studies in Medieval History and Culture, London, Routledge, 2021

This pioneering work explores the theme of women and violence in the late medieval Mediterranean,... more This pioneering work explores the theme of women and violence in the late medieval Mediterranean, bringing together medievalists of different specialties and methodologies to offer readers an updated outline of how different disciplines can contribute to the study of gender-based violence in medieval times. Building on the contributions of the social sciences, and in particular feminist criminology, the book analyses the rich theme of women and violence in its full spectrum, including both violence committed against women and violence perpetrated by women themselves, in order to show how medieval assumptions postulated a tight connection between the two. Violent crime, verbal offences, war, and peace-making are among the themes approached by the book, which assesses to what extent coexisting elaborations on the relationship between femininity and violence in the Mediterranean were conflicting or collaborating. Geographical regions explored include Western Europe, Byzantium, and the Islamic world. This multidisciplinary book will appeal to scholars and students of history, literature, gender studies, and legal studies.

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