Imaginando o Matriarcado

"reinos de mulheres" na China Tang

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Matriarcado, China Tang, Idade Média, Ásia Antiga, Governo de Mulheres

Abstract

Traditional Chinese sources designated certain self-contained societies as “kingdoms of women” either on the grounds that no men were present in the population or that women served as heads of state. This paper seeks to identify and discuss the kingdoms of women as known in Tang Chine under two categories: (1) mythical kingdoms constructed by legend and imagination, and (2) historical kingdoms. Located in western Tibet, Japan, and Korea, which did, in fact, interact with Tang China. In the light of current views on matriarchy, only the Chinese characterization of the Tibetan Kingdom before the eighth century might be understood as pointing to a true matriarchy, in terms of female rule, matrilineal succession, and matrilocal residence. Despite the nearly contemporary reigns of China’s only female “emperor”, Wu Zetian, Silla Korea’s three ruling queens, and Yamato/Nara Japan’s half-dozen empresses, none of these “kingdoms of women” can be understood as matriarchies, because women, in general, did not play a dominant role in the state or society.

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Jennifer W. Jay, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canadá, jjay@ualberta.ca

Jennifer W. Jay é uma historiadora especialista em China, vinculada como professora ao Departamento de História, Clássicos e Religião da Universidade de Alberta.
Sua pesquisa é focada na história cultural, intelectual e política da China pré-moderna e moderna, com ênfase nas dinastias Tang, Song e Yuan. Suas áreas de interesse também incluem a história das mulheres na China, a história e literatura dos chineses no Canadá e a diáspora chinesa.

Bruno Tadeu Salles, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (UFOP), Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brasil, bruno.salles@ufop.edu.br

Graduado em História pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (2005). Possui mestrado (2008) e doutorado (2013) em História Medieval pela mesma instituição. É professor de História Medieval da Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (UFOP). Tem experiência na área de História das Ordens Militares e Religiosas. Atualmente, desenvolve pesquisas sobre as comendadorias Templárias da Provença e sua inserção/participação nas diversas expressões dos equilíbrios senhoriais nos séculos XII e XIII. Além disso, dedica-se aos estudos sobre as Cruzadas a partir do Método das Histórias Conectadas e da ênfase sobre as fontes de origem muçulmana. Pesquisador vinculado ao Laboratório de Estudos Medievais (LEME).

Ana Batista Pacheco Garcia, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (UFOP), Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brasil, ana.pacheco@aluno.ufop.edu.br

Graduanda de Licenciatura em História pela Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto. Integrante do Laboratório de Estudos Medievais da Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (LEME/UFOP). Possui interesse em História Antiga, com enfânse em História da China.

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JAY, Jennifer W.; SALLES, Bruno Tadeu; BATISTA PACHECO GARCIA, Ana. Imaginando o Matriarcado: "reinos de mulheres" na China Tang. História Revista, Goiânia, v. 29, n. 3, p. 85–110, 2025. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/historia/article/view/74849. Acesso em: 5 dec. 2025.

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Vol. 29 No. 3 (2024): A circulação e o recebimento de informações: uma história conectada da Idade Média

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