Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 7279
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Gericke , Philip O.
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  • Title: The Widow in Hispanic Balladry: "Fonte Frida" [The author asks whether a traditional Spanish ballad which celebrates a marital bond that transcends the death of a spouse reflects actual widowhood in medieval Iberia. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
  • Source: Upon My Husband's Death: Widows in the Literature and Histories of Medieval Europe.  Edited by Louise MirrerStudies in Medieval and Early Modern Civilization.  University of Michigan Press, 1992.  Pages 289 - 303.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Ballad, Literary Genre Fonte Frida, Spanish Romance Literature- Verse Widows in Literature
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  • Geographic Area: Iberia
  • Century: 14- 15- 16
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  • Author's Affiliation: University of California, Riverside
  • Conference Info: - , -
  • Year of Publication: 1992.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 0472102575