Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 4961
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  • Title: Speaking "In Propria Persona": Authorizing the Subject as a Political Act in Late Medieval Feminine Spirituality [The author examines the writings of Marguerite Porete, Christine de Pizan, and Margery Kempe to see how they speak in their own voice; when they encounter resistance, they reappropriate it and feminize it].
  • Source: New Trends in Feminine Spirituality: The Holy Women of Liège and Their Impact.  Edited by Juliette Dor, Lesley Johnson, and Jocelyn Wogan-BrowneMedieval Women: Texts and Contexts, 2.  Brepols, 1999.  Pages 269 - 294.
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  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Authority Christine de Pizan, Poet- Lavision- Christine Female Voice in Literature Gender in Literature Kempe, Margery, Mystic Marguerite Porete, Mystic Mystics Theology Women Authors
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  • Geographic Area: British Isles;France
  • Century: 13- 14- 15
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  • Year of Publication: 1999.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 2503507689