[17 second delay] Caroline Walker Bynum discusses Fragmentation and Redemption, her book of essays about gender and the human body in medieval religion. In the second episode [at 13:00] Patricia Ebrey discusses The Inner Quarters, a study of marriage and social manners in medieval China.
At the time of this interview, Caroline Walker Bynum was professor of history at Columbia University and a Trustee of the National Humanities Center. Patricia Ebrey was professor of history at the University of Illinois. This edition of Soundings was conducted by Wayne J. Pond.
