Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 5704
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Healy , Patrick.
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  • Title: Merito nominetur virago: Matilda of Tuscany in the Polemics of the Investiture Contest [The author explores Matilda's importance as an armed protector of Pope Gregory VII and the reform movement as well as her role as an inspiration for Bible exegesis and other polemics in the Gregorian versus royalist struggle. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
  • Source: Studies on Medieval and Early Modern Women 4: Victims or Viragos?  Edited by Christine Meek and Catherine Lawless.  Four Courts Press, 2005.  Pages 49 - 56.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Bible Exegesis Ecclesiastical Reform Gregory VII, Pope Matilda, Countess of Tuscany Noble Women Politics Popes Warfare and Warriors
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  • Geographic Area: Italy
  • Century: 11
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  • Author's Affiliation: Trinity College Dublin [Post-Doctoral Fellow]
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  • Year of Publication: 2005.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 1851828885