Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index



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1. Record Number: 15608
Author(s): Stahl , Alan M.
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Title : Coinage in the Name of Medieval Women [The appendix gives a preliminary listing of coins from Europe, Byzantium, and the Islamic world from 500 to 1500 C.E. which have a woman ruler's name. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Medieval Women and the Sources of Medieval History. Edited by Joel T. Rosenthal .   University of Georgia Press, 1990. Pages 321 - 341.
Year of Publication: 1990.
2. Record Number: 15601
Author(s): Herlihy , David.
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Title : Women and the Sources of Medieval History: The Towns of Northern Italy [The author briefly, but expertly, surveys the many different kinds of documentary sources available for the study of women's history. Herlihy categorizes much of the material as either prescriptive or administrative. In concluding, he emphasizes that the
Source: Medieval Women and the Sources of Medieval History. Edited by Joel T. Rosenthal .   University of Georgia Press, 1990. Pages 133 - 154.
Year of Publication: 1990.
3. Record Number: 15597
Author(s): Polo de Beaulieu , Marie Anne.
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Title : Mulier and "Femina": The Representation of Women in the "Scala celi" of Jean Gobi [The author analyzes Jean Gobi's use of terms for women. While these are many negative portrayals, especially as embodiments of vices, Jean Gobi does devote a section of his collected moral stories to the virtues of women. Title note supplied by Feminae.]
Source: Medieval Women and the Sources of Medieval History. Edited by Joel T. Rosenthal .   University of Georgia Press, 1990. Pages 50 - 65.
Year of Publication: 1990.
4. Record Number: 15596
Author(s): Berlioz , Jacques.
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Title : Exempla: A Discussion and a Case Study [Exempla, illustrative moral stories often used by preachers, proved an important portrayal of gender as well as the details of every day life. Title not supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Medieval Women and the Sources of Medieval History. Edited by Joel T. Rosenthal .   University of Georgia Press, 1990. Pages 37 - 50.
Year of Publication: 1990.
5. Record Number: 15609
Author(s): Stuard , Susan Mosher.
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Title : Sources on Medieval Women in Mediterranean Archives [The author introduces three contexts for women's history in the medieval Mediterranean: 1) Women's institutional affiliations (mostly religious) ; 2) Standard written texts including theology and law; 3) Social history including women. This third category involves charters, wills, census records, and other documents which have not yet been examined for women's presence and activites. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Medieval Women and the Sources of Medieval History. Edited by Joel T. Rosenthal .   University of Georgia Press, 1990. Pages 342 - 358.
Year of Publication: 1990.
6. Record Number: 15605
Author(s): McNamara , Jo Ann.
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Title : De quibusdam mulieribus: Reading Women's History from Hostile Sources [The author analyzes the cases of two women who testified about their religious beliefs to church authorities. In the Abruzzi Catania spoke in support of Celestine V during his canonization process. In Provence Na Prous Boneta testified to her devotion to Peter Olivi, a Franciscan spiritual. Documents like this indicate women's ingenuity and determination to lead meaningful spiritual lives even in cases like that of Prous Bonete where the church declared her a heritic. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Medieval Women and the Sources of Medieval History. Edited by Joel T. Rosenthal .   University of Georgia Press, 1990. Pages 237 - 258.
Year of Publication: 1990.
7. Record Number: 15599
Author(s): Freed , John B.
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Title : German Source Collections: The Archdiocese of Salzburg as a Case Study [The author uses printed source collections to study the women of the Pettau family, an extremely successful group of archiepiscopal ministerials, who served the archbishops of Salzburg as bondsmen. Freed concludes that the male family members married up in social status, while the females did not. He also found that women generally retained a good deal of control over thier property. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Medieval Women and the Sources of Medieval History. Edited by Joel T. Rosenthal .   University of Georgia Press, 1990. Pages 80 - 121.
Year of Publication: 1990.
8. Record Number: 15600
Author(s): Gold , Penny S.
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Title : The Charters of Le Ronceray D'Angers; Male/Female Interaction in Monastic Business [The author briefly documents and analyzes women's and men's interactions and roles in administering the female Benedictine monastery of Ronceray d'Angers in western France. Gold compares working relationships with Fontevrault to demonstrate that the Ronceray abbesses had less clean-cut control over the priests and coanons attached to thier houses. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Medieval Women and the Sources of Medieval History. Edited by Joel T. Rosenthal .   University of Georgia Press, 1990. Pages 122 - 132.
Year of Publication: 1990.
9. Record Number: 15604
Author(s): Loengard , Janet Senderowitz.
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Title : Legal History and the Medieval Englishwoman Revisited [The author surveys recent scholarship on English law and medieval women. She analyzes important articles, signals noteworthy trends, and suggests areas which need more research. Loengard notes in particular the contributions made by social and economic historians beyond the publishing venues of legal history. Part of this essay was earlier published as "Legal History and the Medieval Englishwoman: A Fragmented View" in "Law and History Review" 4 (1986): 161-178. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Medieval Women and the Sources of Medieval History. Edited by Joel T. Rosenthal .   University of Georgia Press, 1990. Pages 210 - 236.
Year of Publication: 1990.
10. Record Number: 15603
Author(s): Lemay , Helen.
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Title : Women and the Literature of Obstetrics and Gynecology [The author argues that the practices of learned physicians should not be held in opposition to those of midwives. Some folklore was adapted into the humoral system of medicine. In other cases doctors accepted superstitious cures particularly in childbirth and fertility where problems needed decisive remedies. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Medieval Women and the Sources of Medieval History. Edited by Joel T. Rosenthal .   University of Georgia Press, 1990. Pages 189 - 209.
Year of Publication: 1990.
11. Record Number: 15606
Author(s): Rosenthal , Joel T.
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Title : Anglo-Saxon Attitudes: Men's Sources, Women's History [The author discusses source material including law codes and the "Anglo Saxon Chronicle." Rosenthal suggests that women's history needs to be read obliquely in texts hwere they are not the focus but play roles of some importance like mothers in male saints' lives. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Medieval Women and the Sources of Medieval History. Edited by Joel T. Rosenthal .   University of Georgia Press, 1990. Pages 259 - 284.
Year of Publication: 1990.
12. Record Number: 15602
Author(s): Jochens , Jenny.
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Title : Old Norse Sources on Women [The author argues that the practices of learned physicians should not be held in opposition to those of midwives. Some folklore was adapted into the humoral system of medicine. In other cases doctors accepted superstitious cures particularly in childbirth and fertility where problems needed decisive remedies. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Medieval Women and the Sources of Medieval History. Edited by Joel T. Rosenthal .   University of Georgia Press, 1990. Pages 189 - 209.
Year of Publication: 1990.
13. Record Number: 15598
Author(s): Brundage , James A.
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Title : Sexual Equality in Medieval Canon Law [Medieval chruch law posited equality for women and men in one respect: sex in marriage. Each spouse owed her/his partner the conjugal debt, that is sexual relations when requested. Brundage argues that this tenet promoted women's status in three ways: 1) Female sexuality received some legitimacy, 2) A compani (?)form of marriage was encouraged, 3) It encouraged re (?)of women's inequality in other areas. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Medieval Women and the Sources of Medieval History. Edited by Joel T. Rosenthal .   University of Georgia Press, 1990. Pages 66 - 79.
Year of Publication: 1990.
14. Record Number: 15595
Author(s): Bedos Brigitte, Rezak
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Title : Medieval Women in French Sigillographic Sources [The author analyzes surviving seals used to authenticate the owners' agreements on charters and other documents. The iconography falls into three categories: 1) Images on women's Seals, 2) Female representations on women's seals, 3) Female representations on other seals. The article was later republished in Form and Order in Medieval France: Studies in Social and Quantitative Sigillography. By Brigitte Bedos-Rezak. Variorum, 1993. Article 10. Title note supplied by Feminae.]
Source: Medieval Women and the Sources of Medieval History. Edited by Joel T. Rosenthal .   University of Georgia Press, 1990. Pages 1 - 36.
Year of Publication: 1990.
15. Record Number: 15607
Author(s): Schulenburg , Jane Tibbetts.
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Title : Saints' Lives as a Source for the History of Women, 500-1100 The author argues that saints' lives are still a relatively underutilized source for the early Middle Ages generally and for women's history in particular. The lives convey social values, collective mentalities, and much indirect information on women's experience. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Medieval Women and the Sources of Medieval History. Edited by Joel T. Rosenthal .   University of Georgia Press, 1990. Pages 285 - 320.
Year of Publication: 1990.