Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 13797
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Evans , Michael R.
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  • Title: Twenty-Fourth Saint Louis Conference on Manuscript Studies: Abstracts of Papers, Friday, 10 October 1997, Session II--Women of the Book: Düsseldorf, Landes-und Universitätsbibliothek Sammelhandschrift B. 3 and Its Place in Carolingian Literary Culture. [the author argues that the manuscript was completed by or for a woman based on the selection of the fourteen texts included; the saints' lives, prayers, and romances all demonstrate a pronounced interest in female characters and women's concerns; the courtesy texts in the manuscript would have been used by women in the education of their children or others' children in their charge].
  • Source: Christianizing peoples and converting individuals.  Edited by Guyda Armstrong and Ian N. WoodInternational Medieval Research.  Brepols, 2000.  Pages 195 - 2002.
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  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Byzantium Conversion, Religious Dubois, Pierre, Lawyer and Author- De Recuperatione Terre Sancte Latin Literature Marriage Orthodox Eastern Clergy Politics Wives
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  • Geographic Area: France
  • Century: 14
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  • Year of Publication: 2000.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 2503510876