Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index

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1. Record Number: 14124
Author(s): Legaré, Anne-Marie.
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Title : La librairye de Madame: Two Princesses and Their Libraries [The author briefly surveys the manuscripts belonging to Margaret of York and Margaret of Austria. Margaret of York acquired a small number of French religious texts in line with her roles as wife and potential mother. In contrast her step-granddaughter c

Source: Women of Distinction: Margaret of York | Margaret of Austria. Edited by Dagmar Eichberger . Brepols, 2005. Pages 206 - 219.
Year of Publication: 2005.

2. Record Number: 10908
Author(s): Stanton, Anne Rudloff.
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Title : Isabelle of France and Her Manuscripts, 1308-58 [The manuscripts range in time across the queen's career. Some appear to have been used as readings for her children, while others were psalters and books of hours for Isabelle's private devotions. Women feature prominently in the illuminations, and political issues, such as Edward's shortcomings as a king, apparently are also a preoccupation. Title note supplied by Feminae. ].

Source: Capetian Women. Edited by Kathleen Nolan . Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. Pages 225 - 252.
Year of Publication: 2003.

3. Record Number: 8956
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Title : Women and the Circulation of Books [The author argues that patronage has been regarded as the dominant, if not exclusive, means by which people acquired books at the French court. However, there were other ways that women were more likely to have books including inheritance, wedding presents, and New Year's Day gifts. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

Source: Journal of the Early Book Society for the Study of Manuscripts and Printing History , 4., ( 2001): Pages 9 - 31. Issue Title: Women and Book Culture in Late Medieval and Early Modern France
Year of Publication: 2001.

4. Record Number: 8957
Author(s): Legaré, Anne-Marie.
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Title : Charlotte de Savoie's Library and Illuminators [The author argues that Queen Charlotte took much interest in her books. She was particularly occupied with devotional literature and with giving needed books to her family members. The Appendix presents excerpts from documents relating to her library and a list of manuscripts belonging to her husband, Louis XI, that were included in the inventory of Charlotte's property. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

Source: Journal of the Early Book Society for the Study of Manuscripts and Printing History , 4., ( 2001): Pages 32 - 67. Issue Title: Women and Book Culture in Late Medieval and Early Modern France
Year of Publication: 2001.

5. Record Number: 5573
Author(s): Green, Monica H.
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Title : Books as a Source of Medical Education for Women in the Middle Ages

Source: Dynamis: Acta Hispanica ad Medicinae Scientiarumque Historiam Illustrandam , 20., ( 2000): Pages 331 - 369.
Year of Publication: 2000.

6. Record Number: 4222
Author(s): Naughton, Joan.
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Title : Friars and Their Books at Saint-Louis de Poissy, a Dominican Foundation for Nuns [in an appendix the author lists and describes manuscripts that were owned by the friars at Poissy].

Source: Scriptorium , 52., 1 ( 1998): Pages 83 - 102.
Year of Publication: 1998.

7. Record Number: 1595
Author(s): Ehrenschwendtner, Marie-Luise.
Contributor(s):
Title : A Library Collected by and for the Use of Nuns: St. Catherine's Convent, Nuremberg [by the end of the fifteenth century the library had between 500 and 600 books, mostly in German, consisting of spritual literature and texts supporting the reformed Dominican life].

Source: Women and the Book: Assessing the Visual Evidence. Edited by Lesley Smith and Jane H.M. Taylor . British Library and University of Toronto Press, 1997. Scriptorium , 52., 1 ( 1998): Pages 123 - 132.
Year of Publication: 1997.

8. Record Number: 818
Author(s): Legaré, Anne- Marie.
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Title : Reassessing Women's Libraries in Late Medieval France: The Case of Jeanne de Laval

Source: Renaissance studies : journal of the Society for Renaissance Studies , 10., 2 (June 1996): Pages 209 - 236.
Year of Publication: 1996.

9. Record Number: 24
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Title : What the Nuns Read: Literary Evidence from the English Bridgettine House, Syon Abbey

Source: Mediaeval Studies , 57., ( 1995): Pages 205 - 222.
Year of Publication: 1995.

10. Record Number: 1683
Author(s): McKitterick, Rosamond.
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Title : Ottonian Intellectual Culture in the Tenth Century and the Role of Theophano

Source: The Empress Theophano: Byzantium and the West at the Turn of the First Millennium. Edited by Adelbert Davids . Cambridge University Press, 1995. Mediaeval Studies , 57., ( 1995): Pages 169 - 193.
Year of Publication: 1995.

11. Record Number: 14681
Author(s): Blockmans, Wim.
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Title : The Devotion of a Lonely Duchess [The author briefly surveys the life of Margaret of York, concentrating on her involvement in politics, art patronage, charity in particular toward children, support of the church, and commissioning of manuscripts. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

Source: Margaret of York, Simon Marmion, and "The Visions of Tondal": Papers Delivered at a Symposium organized by the Department of Manuscripts of the J. Paul Getty Museum in Collaboration with the Huntington Library and Art Collections, June 21-24, 1990. Edited by Thomas Kren . J. Paul Getty Museum, 1992. Mediaeval Studies , 57., ( 1995): Pages 29 - 46.
Year of Publication: 1992.

12. Record Number: 14683
Author(s): Cockshaw, Pierre.
Contributor(s):
Title : Some Remarks on the Character and Content of the Library of Margaret of York [The author briefly characterizes the twenty-four books known to have been in Margaret of York's Library. They were mostly religious or moral in nature. Cockshaw describes them as simple and rather uninspired. Title note suppled by Feminae.].

13. Record Number: 14684
Author(s): Morgan, Nigel.
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Title : Texts of Devotion and Religious Instruction Associated with Margaret of York [The author surveys the religious texts known to have belonged to Margaret of York. Morgan categorizes them as books of religious instruction, texts dealing with the soul and the body, and a related group about prayer and contemplation. Morgan suggests that Margaret may have been very devout and read widely in her comprehensive library. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

14. Record Number: 14775
Author(s): Barstow, Kurtis A.
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Title : Appendix: The Library of Margaret of York and Some Related Books [This appendix lists and describes thirty manuscripts and early printed books owned by Margaret of York, given by her as gifts, and books related to her but neither commissioned by her nor owned by her. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

15. Record Number: 10378
Author(s): Mombello, Gianni
Contributor(s): Margolis, Nadia, trans. and ed.
Title : Christine de Pizan and the House of Savoy [The author traces the relationship between Christine’s family and the royal House of Savoy, particularly the ties between Christine’s father Thomas and members of the Savoy court. The article lists the manuscripts of Christine’s works recorded in Savoy household accounts during the fifteenth century. Although most of the manuscripts in the Savoy collection were destroyed in later centuries, some remain. The article ends with a bibliography of the current manuscript holdings of Christine’s works in the Savoy; the contents and codicological details of each manuscript are described. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

Source: Reinterpreting Christine de Pizan. Edited by Earl Jeffrey Richards, Joan Williamson, Nadia Margolis, and Christine Reno . University of Georgia Press, 1992. Mediaeval Studies , 57., ( 1995): Pages 187 - 204.
Year of Publication: 1992.