CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2011
| Author | Hydrick, Kelly |
|---|---|
| Title | So wil ich mit dir laufen: The Image of Women in Sixteenth-century Landsknecht Prints |
| Summary | The purpose of this study was to investigate the ways in which women, who were in some respect connected to early modern armies, were visually depicted in contemporary printed images. The study focused on sixteenth-century German woodcut prints with a military subject matter. Close examination of the images was undertaken in order to glean information about how women were visually depicted. In addition, early-modern German texts which accompanied some of the images were translated into English and analyzed. In order to provide further context for the thesis, a brief history of camp-followers, paid mercenary soldiers, and stereotyping was included in the Introduction. Chapter one focused on the print sources themselves, providing background information on early modern print culture. Chapter two investigated those prints which contained early modern German text in addition to images; image and text were both analyzed in detail. Chapter three provided information on how women with early modern armies were represented in terms of the work they performed. While it was found that women connected with early modern armies were represented in stereotypical ways, these stereotypes were not used exclusively for women with armies; sixteenthcentury town and peasant women were represented in similar ways. These representations were both positive and negative, and often in the case of women with armies, they were not depicted as wholly positive or wholly negative. Women depicted in a military context were often represented with both positive and negative attributes and, generally, were depicted in a rather realistic manner. |
| Supervisor | Jaritz, Gerhard |
| Department | Medieval Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2011/hydrick_kelly.pdf |
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