Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


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1. Record Number: 14742
Author(s): Klar, Kathryn A.
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Title : Poetry and Pillowtalk [The author analyzes a scene between Arawn and his queen in the "Mabinogion." He had traded shapes unbeknownst to his wife for a year and is now back at home. The two come to an understanding in exchanges that are reminiscent of poetry. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source:   Edited by Joseph Falaky Nagy and Leslie Ellen Jones Celtic Studies Association of North America (CSANA) Yearbook , 40241., ( 2005):  Pages 239 - 246. Heroic Poets and Poetic Heroes in CelticTradition: A Festschrift for Patrick K. Ford. Edited by Joseph Falaky Nagy and Leslie Ellen Jones. Four Courts Press, 2005
Year of Publication: 2005.
2. Record Number: 11650
Author(s): Cartwright, Jane.
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Title : Virginity and Chastity Tests in Medieval Welsh Prose [The author examines a range of literary texts including the "Fourth Branch of Mabinogi," Welsh law codes, Arthurian tales, and medical texts. In many instances the texts present a false virgin who is revealed through magical or medical texts. She is then often subjected to public humiliation as is the cuckolded husband. 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. Celtic Studies Association of North America (CSANA) Yearbook , 40241., ( 2005):  Pages 56 - 79.
Year of Publication: 2003.
3. Record Number: 8082
Author(s): Nugent, Christopher G.
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Title : Reading Riannon: The Problematics of Motherhood in "Pwyll Pendeuic Dyuet" [The author focuses on the episode in which Riannon, the queen, is wrongly accused by her serving women of killing her newborn son. Riannon must accept a strange ritual humiliation as her punishment until the baby is brought back to the royal court. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Domestic Violence in Medieval Texts.   Edited by Eve Salisbury, Georgiana Donavin, and Merrall Llewelyn Price .   University Press of Florida, 2002. Celtic Studies Association of North America (CSANA) Yearbook , 40241., ( 2005):  Pages 180 - 202.
Year of Publication: 2002.
4. Record Number: 2581
Author(s): Winward, Fiona.
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Title : Some Aspects of the Women in "The Four Branches" [analysis of female characters through various life-stages (single women, married women, estranged wives, and mothers); argues that the women display independence and are more memorable than the male characters because they are able to manipulate situations for their own best interests].
Source: Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies , 34., (Winter 1997):  Pages 77 - 106.
Year of Publication: 1997.
5. Record Number: 3997
Author(s): Hemming, Jessica.
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Title : Sellam gestare: Saddle-Bearing Punishments and the Case of Rhiannon
Source: Viator , 28., ( 1997):  Pages 45 - 64.
Year of Publication: 1997.
6. Record Number: 491
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Title : Toward an Understanding of Hildeburh: The Tales of Branwen and Guthrun [Thirtieth International Congress on Medieval Studies, the Medieval Institute, Western Michigan University, May 4-7, 1995. Thirtieth Symposium on the Sources of Anglo- Saxon Culture, co- sponsered by the Institute and CEMERS, Binghamton University. Session 244].
Source: Old English Newsletter , 28., 3 (Spring 1995):
Year of Publication: 1995.
7. Record Number: 11208
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Title : Branwen, "Beowulf," and the Tragic Peaceweaver Tale.
Source: Viator , 22., ( 1991):  Pages 1 - 13.
Year of Publication: 1991.
8. Record Number: 12855
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Title : Doubling and Incest in the Mabinogi [The author traces the theme of incestuously doubled identities in The Four Branches of the Mabinogi. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Speculum , 65., ( 1990):  Pages 344 - 362.
Year of Publication: 1990.