Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


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1. Record Number: 45008
Author(s): James of Vitry, Alicia Protze, and Kisha G. Tracy,
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Title : Life of Mary of Oegines (Oignies) (ca. 15th c.)
Source: Medieval Disability Sourcebook: Western Europe.   Edited by Cameron Hunt McNabb .   punctum books, 2020.  Pages 220 - 230. Available open access from the JSTOR website: https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv11hptcd.22
Year of Publication: 2020.
2. Record Number: 24043
Author(s): Auslander, Diane Peters
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Title : Living with a Saint: Monastic Identity, Community, and the Ideal of Asceticism in the Life of an Irish Saint [The author analyzes a ninth century “vita” of Saint Darerca, a conversion-era abbess who subjected herself to extremely harsh ascetic practices. Auslander concentrates on the ways in which the hagiographer reconciled the strains of the solitary and the communal within Irish monastic life. Title note supplied by Feminae.]
Source: Negotiating Community and Difference in Medieval Europe: Gender, Power, Patronage, and the Authority of Religion in Latin Christendom.   Edited by Katherine Allen Smith and Scott Wells Studies in the History of Christian Traditions .   Brill, 2009.  Pages 17 - 32.
Year of Publication: 2009.
3. Record Number: 11010
Author(s): Craun, Christopher C.
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Title : Matronly Monks: Theodoret of Cyrrhus' Sexual Imagery in the "Historia religiosa" [The author argues that Theodoret portrays early Syrian holy men as languishing in their love for God the Bridegroom and as bearing spiritual children. However, their innate masculinity is not compromised because they willed their submission to God. Title note supplied by Feminae.]
Source: Holiness and Masculinity in the Middle Ages.   Edited by P. H. Cullum and Katherine J. Lewis .   Religion and Culture in the Middle Ages Series. University of Wales Press, 2004.  Pages 43 - 57.
Year of Publication: 2004.
4. Record Number: 11012
Author(s): Heinonen, Meri.
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Title : Henry Suso and the Divine Knightood [The author argues that Suso's "Leben" manifests a gender ideology throughout with the Servant as an ideal friar who becomes a heavenly Knight through pain and repudiation. At the same time the Spiritual Daughter is given a much more passive role in an enclosed convent. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Holiness and Masculinity in the Middle Ages.   Edited by P. H. Cullum and Katherine J. Lewis .   Religion and Culture in the Middle Ages Series. University of Wales Press, 2004.  Pages 79 - 92.
Year of Publication: 2004.
5. Record Number: 11652
Author(s): Arnold, John H.
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Title : The Labour of Continence: Masculinity and Clerical Virginity [The author looks at three narratives concerned in part with clerical chastity: "Jewel of the Church" by Gerald of Wales, Jacob of Voragine's "Golden Legend," and Caesarius of Heisterbach's "Dialogue on Miracles." Arnold identifies four different tropes in overcoming sexual temptations including divine intervention to remove the male saint's desire. In most cases though male chastity required vigilance and willpower because masculinity itself was flawed in its inclination toward temptation. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Medieval Virginities.   Edited by Anke Bernau, Ruth Evans, and Sarah Salih .   Religion and Culture in the Middle Ages series. University of Wales Press; University of Toronto Press, 2003.  Pages 102 - 118.
Year of Publication: 2003.
6. Record Number: 8948
Author(s): Edsall, Mary Agnes.
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Title : True Anchoresses are Called Birds: Asceticism as Ascent and the Purgative Mysticism of the "Ancrene Wisse"
Source: Viator , 34., ( 2003):  Pages 157 - 186.
Year of Publication: 2003.
7. Record Number: 8065
Author(s): Watson, Nicholas.
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Title : With the Heat of the Hungry Heart : Empowerment and "Ancrene Wisse" [Watson presents his article in two parts. First he argues that the author of the "Ancrene Wisse" conceives of his anchoress readers as herioc figures whose difficult lives raise them above others and serve as a sign of the coming breakdown between clergy and laity. Secondly Watson looks at the influences the text had on later writings which were addressed to lay readers, frequently men. Title note supplied by Feminae. ].
Source: Gendering the Master Narrative: Women and Power in the Middle Ages.   Edited by Mary C. Erler and Maryanne Kowaleski .   Cornell University Press, 2003. Viator , 34., ( 2003):  Pages 52 - 70.
Year of Publication: 2003.
8. Record Number: 14255
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Title : Ingesting Bodily Filth: Defilement in the Spirituality of Angela of Foligno [The author argues that Angela of Foligno ate scabs from lepers joyfully as a sacred act likened to the Eucharist. Morrison compares the similar experiences of Catherine of Siena, Francis of Assisi, and Catherine of Genoa but finds differing motives inclu
Source: Romance Quarterly , 50., 3 (Summer 2003):  Pages 204 - 216.
Year of Publication: 2003.
9. Record Number: 10907
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Title : Isabelle of France and Religious Devotion at the Court of Louis IX
Source: Capetian Women.   Edited by Kathleen Nolan .   Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. Romance Quarterly , 50., 3 (Summer 2003):  Pages 209 - 223.
Year of Publication: 2003.
10. Record Number: 8880
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Title : Theophylact of Ochrid's "In Defence of Eunuchs" [Theophylact, archbishop of Ochrid, wrote the polemical text for his brother, who was a eunuch. It consists of a pair of speeches, the first discussing the bad qualities of eunuchs and the second defending eunuchs at much greater length. A large part of his argument emphasizes the ascetic control that good eunuchs exercise in their pursuit of Christian virtues. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Eunuchs in Antiquity and Beyond.   Edited by Shaun Tougher .   Classical Press of Wales and Duckworth, 2002. Romance Quarterly , 50., 3 (Summer 2003):  Pages 177 - 198.
Year of Publication: 2002.
11. Record Number: 5056
Author(s): Scheil, Andrew P.
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Title : Bodies and Boundaries in the Old English "Life of St. Mary of Egypt"
Source: Neophilologus , 84., 1 (January 2000):  Pages 137 - 156.
Year of Publication: 2000.
12. Record Number: 5383
Author(s): Hibbard, Angela Marie.
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Title : Christina of St. Trond: Legend, Madwoman, Shaman?
Source: Studies in Spirituality , 10., ( 2000):  Pages 107 - 124.
Year of Publication: 2000.
13. Record Number: 4642
Author(s): Polinska, Wioleta.
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Title : Bodies Under Siege: Eating Disorders and Self-Mutilation Among Women [The author compares and contrasts present-day eating disorders with medieval holy women's behaviors and suggests that in both cases women are seeking self-determination and autonomy].
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Religion , 68., 3 (September 2000):  Pages 569 - 589.
Year of Publication: 2000.
14. Record Number: 10652
Author(s): Heene, Katrien.
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Title : Deliberate Self-Harm and Gender in Medieval Saints' Lives [The author argues that both women and lower status men use self-inflicted harm as a means of atonement, self-discipline, and devotion to Christ. However, in cases where women sought to avoid marriage, self-mutilation could play a special role. Also in some cases, self-harm served as a didactic example, allowing women the unusual opportunity to act as teachers and preachers. Title note supplied by Feminae.]
Source: Hagiographica: Rivista di agiografia e biografia della società internazionale per lo studio del Medioevo Latino/ Journal of Hagiography and Biography of Società Internazionale per lo studio del Medioevo Latino , 6., ( 1999):  Pages 213 - 231.
Year of Publication: 1999.
15. Record Number: 3747
Author(s): Leyser, C.
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Title : Masculinity in Flux: Nocturnal Emission and the Limits of Celibacy in the Early Middle Ages
Source: Masculinity in Medieval Europe.   Edited by D.M. Hadley .   Women and Men in History Series. Addison Wesley Longman, 1999. Neophilologus , 84., 1 (January 2000):  Pages 103 - 120.
Year of Publication: 1999.
16. Record Number: 5555
Author(s): Schein, Sylvia.
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Title : The "Female-Men of God" and "Men Who Were Women." Female Saints and Holy Land Pilgrimage During the Byzantine Period [The author considers the Roman aristocratic women who made pilgrimages to Jerusalem and, when pilgrimage for women was discouraged, the stories of transvestite female saints who also came to Jerusalem; in both groups an ascetic way of life allowed them to transcend their sinfulness and make a sincere conversion; the appendices present a list of women pilgrims to Jerusalem and a shorter list of transvestite female pilgrims].
Source: Hagiographica: Rivista di agiografia e biografia della società internazionale per lo studio del Medioevo Latino/ Journal of Hagiography and Biography of Società Internazionale per lo studio del Medioevo Latino , 5., ( 1998):  Pages 1 - 36.
Year of Publication: 1998.
17. Record Number: 3362
Author(s): Delierneux, N.
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Title : Virilité physique et sainteté feminine dans l'hagiographie orientale du IVe au VIIe siècle [Saints' lives used include those of Mary the Egyptian, Anastasia, Apollinaria, Athanasia, Euphrosyne, Theodora of Alexandria, and Matrona].
Source: Byzantion , 67., 1 ( 1997):  Pages 179 - 243.
Year of Publication: 1997.
18. Record Number: 5609
Author(s): Tsamis, Demetrios G.
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Title : The Life of St. Ilaria [translation of a traditional account of St. Ilaria from "Meterikon," Volume 4, Edition of the Sacred Monastery of Panagia of Evros (Alexandroupolis, 1993); the story recounts that Saint Ilaria, the daughter of King Zeno, escaped to Egypt to live as a male ascetic in the desert; her sister, possessed by a demon, was brought to Egypt for healing; Ilaria healed her and was forced to reveal her identity to her father; he rejoiced and regretfully allowed her to return to her life in the desert as the eunuch Ilarion].
Source: Greek Orthodox Theological Review , 42., 40241 (Fall-Winter 1997):  Pages 381 - 394.
Year of Publication: 1997.
19. Record Number: 2214
Author(s): Burrows, Mark S.
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Title : Yett He Sufferyth With Vs: Divine Asceticism in Julian of Norwich's "Revelation of Love"
Source: Studies in Spirituality , 7., ( 1997):  Pages 99 - 112.
Year of Publication: 1997.
20. Record Number: 2550
Author(s): Beemer, Suzy.
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Title : Asceticism, Masochism, and Female Autonomy: Catherine of Siena and "The Story of O"
Source: Studies in Medievalism , 8., ( 1996):  Pages 195 - 209.
Year of Publication: 1996.
21. Record Number: 2821
Author(s): Maître, Jacques.
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Title : Sainte Catherine de Sienne: patronne des anorexiques?
Source: CLIO, Histoire, Femmes et Sociétés , 2., ( 1995):  Pages 109 - 132.
Year of Publication: 1995.
22. Record Number: 2449
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Title : The "Liber miraculorum" of Unterlinden: An Icon in Its Convent Setting [importance of images in nuns' and lay peoples' devotional practices based on a manuscript that records the miracles worked by an icon of Mary ; role played by spiritual advisers as the givers of images].
Source: The Sacred Image East and West.   Edited by Robert Ousterhout and Leslie Brubaker .   Illinois Byzantine Studies IV. University of Illinois Press, 1995. Studies in Medievalism , 8., ( 1996):  Pages 147 - 190. Reprinted in The Visual and the Visionary: Art and Female Spirituality in Late Medieval Germany. By Jeffrey F. Hamburger. Zone Books, 1998. Pages 279-315.
Year of Publication: 1995.
23. Record Number: 1122
Author(s): Tinsley, David F.
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Title : The Spirituality of Suffering in the Revelations of Elsbeth von Oye
Source: Mystics Quarterly , 21., 4 (December 1995):  Pages 121 - 147.
Year of Publication: 1995.
24. Record Number: 5516
Author(s): Hollywood, Amy.
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Title : Suffering Transformed: Marguerite Porete, Meister Eckhart, and the Problem of Women's Spirituality [the author argues that both Porete and Eckhart questioned the value of asceticism, mystical phenomena, and visionary experiences, all associated with women's spirituality; they favored instead a move toward detachment and sought to relieve religious women's suffering].
Source: Meister Eckhart and the Beguine Mystics: Hadewijch of Brabant, Mechthild of Magdeburg, and Marguerite Porete.   Edited by Bernard McGinn .   Continuum, 1994. CLIO, Histoire, Femmes et Sociétés , 2., ( 1995):  Pages 87 - 113.
Year of Publication: 1994.
25. Record Number: 2730
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Title : Flesh and Flood: The Function of Female Asceticism in the Digby "Mary Magdalene"
Source: Philological Quarterly , 73., 4 (Fall 1994):  Pages 385 - 401.
Year of Publication: 1994.
26. Record Number: 11743
Author(s): Fell, Christine E.
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Title : Saint Æðelþryð: A Historical-Hagiographical Dichotomy Revisited [The author examines Bede's account of St. Aethelthryth in his "Ecclesiastical History." He celebrates her as the closest English equivalent to a virgin martyr. Later accounts built a whole line of royal abbesses after Aethelthryth (beginning with her sister Seaxburh), but contemporary evidence suggests that Ely was only a personal monument to her particular asceticism. It was not a center of learning and probably faded soon after her sister's death only to be refounded as a male monastery which enhanced and capitalized on Aethelthryth's reputation for sanctity. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Nottingham Medieval Studies , 38., ( 1994):  Pages 18 - 34.
Year of Publication: 1994.
27. Record Number: 10733
Author(s): Bynum, Caroline Walker.
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Title : The Mysticism and Asceticism of Medieval Women: Some Comments on the Typologies of Max Weber and Ernst Troeltsch [The author analyzes women’s piety between the twelfth and fourteenth centuries using the categories developed by Weber and Troeltsch; in the process, she reveals the problems with those categories themselves. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Fragmentation and Redemption: Essays on Gender and the Human Body in Medieval Religion. Caroline Walker Bynum .   MIT Press, 1991. Nottingham Medieval Studies , 38., ( 1994):  Pages 53 - 78.
Year of Publication: 1991.
28. Record Number: 12695
Author(s): Lewis, Gertrud Jaron.
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Title : Libertas Cordis: The Concept of Inner Freedom in Saint Gertrud the Great of Helfta [Both the writings by and biographies of Saint Gertrud of Helfta (German nun and mystic) place supreme importance on inner freedom (freedom of spirit and freedom of heart). For Gertrud, striving for inner freedom and asceticism are intimately connected, and one paradoxically gains freedom by giving up oneself. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Cistercian Studies , 25., 1 ( 1990):  Pages 65 - 74.
Year of Publication: 1990.
29. Record Number: 12796
Author(s): Reineke, Martha J.
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Title : This Is My Body: Reflections on Abjection, Anorexia, and Medieval Women Mystics [Drawing on the feminist theoretical work of thinkers like Julia Kristeva and Rene Girard, the author argues that women mystics' self-imposed starvation mirrors threats against the social body of late medieval Christendom, and reveals the fractures at the base of phallocentric European culture. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Religion , 58., 2 (Summer 1990):  Pages 245 - 265.
Year of Publication: 1990.
30. Record Number: 28835
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Title : Mary Magdalene
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31. Record Number: 28846
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Title : Scenes from the Life of St. Radegund
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32. Record Number: 45132
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Title : Saint Hedwig discovers a hedgehog
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