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1. Record Number: 11015
Author(s): Hayes, Dawn Marie.
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Title : Christian Sanctuary and Repository of France's Political Culture: The Construction of Holiness and Masculinity at the Royal Abbey of Saint-Denis, 987-1328 [The author argues that holiness and masculinity were associated both with the Capetian monarchy and the monastery of Saint-Denis. Kings and monks supported each other, reinforcing the sacred character of their power through royal regalia, relics, and burials within an impressive edifice. 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 127 - 142.
Year of Publication: 2004.
2. Record Number: 10994
Author(s): Neaman, Judith S.
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Title : Magnification as Metaphor [The Song of Mary, the "Magnificat," became a source of word play on the idea of magnification. This metaphor can be found in connection to stained glass, including Suger's windows at St. Denis. An interest in mirrors turned Mary into the perfect reflection of the divine will. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: England in the Thirteenth Century: Proceedings of the 1989 Harlaxton Symposium.   Edited by W.M. Ormrod Harlaxton Medieval Studies .   Stamford Watkins , 1991.  Pages 105 - 122.
Year of Publication: 1991.