Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


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1. Record Number: 11016
Author(s): Christie, Edward.
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Title : Self-Mastery and Submission: Holiness and Masculinity in the Lives of Anglo-Saxon Martyr Kings [The author analyzes Old English lives of Edmund and Oswald, finding that the kings achieve an heroic masculinity through an acceptance of suffering. Although these kings win lasting fame, which was also the goal of Anglo-Saxon warrior heroes, they do it through sacrifice of self. 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 143 - 157.
Year of Publication: 2004.
2. Record Number: 10785
Author(s): Hodgson, Miranda.
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Title : Impossible Women: Aelfric's "Sponsa Christi" and "La Mysterique" [The author analyzes Aelfric's account of the life of the virgin martyr, Saint Agnes. She focuses on the speeches that Agnes makes with an emphasis on the Bride of Christ imagery and on "la mysterique," a concept borrowed from Luce Irigaray which describes the only public space in which women can speak about their relationship with Christ. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Medieval Feminist Forum , 33., (Spring 2002):  Pages 12 - 21.
Year of Publication: 2002.
3. Record Number: 11162
Author(s): Klein, Stacy S.
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Title : Reforming Queenship: Gender and Nostalgia in Late Anglo-Saxon Literature
Source: Old English Newsletter , 34., 3 (Spring 2001): Appendix A: Abstracts of Papers in Anglo-Saxon Studies. Conference Paper presented at the Tenth Biennial Meeting of the International Society of Anglo-Saxonists, University of Helsinki, August 6-11, 2001, "Anglo-Saxons and the North
Year of Publication: 2001.
4. Record Number: 11157
Author(s): Anderson, Rachel.
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Title : The Power of Speech: Gender and Direct Discourse in AElfric's "Lives of Saints"
Source: Old English Newsletter , 34., 3 (Spring 2001): Appendix A: Abstracts of Papers in Anglo-Saxon Studies. Conference paper presented at the Thirty-Sixth International Congress on Medieval Studies, the Medieval Institute, Western Michigan University, May 3-6, 2001, Nineteenth Symposium on the Sources of A
Year of Publication: 2001.
5. Record Number: 11151
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Title : Reading the Lives of the Married Saints in Aelfric's "Lives of Saints"
Source: Old English Newsletter , 34., 3 (Spring 2001): Appendix A: Abstracts of Papers in Anglo-Saxon Studies. Conference paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Modern Language Association of America, Washington, D.C., December 27-30, 2000, Session 16: "Editing, Interpretation, Canonization
Year of Publication: 2001.
6. Record Number: 11165
Author(s): Thompson, Pauline.
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Title : AElfric's Portrayal of the Saint as Catechist in His "Life of St. Cecilia"
Source: Old English Newsletter , 34., 3 (Spring 2001): Appendix A: Abstracts of Papers in Anglo-Saxon Studies. Conference Paper presented at the Tenth Biennial Meeting of the International Society of Anglo-Saxonists, University of Helsinki, August 6-11, 2001, "Anglo-Saxons and the North
Year of Publication: 2001.
7. Record Number: 11158
Author(s): Lodge, Kristine Funch.
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Title : Holy Soul and Wholly Breast: The Implications of Objectification in AElfric's "Life of Agatha"
Source: Old English Newsletter , 34., 3 (Spring 2001): Appendix A: Abstracts of Papers in Anglo-Saxon Studies. Conference paper presented at the Thirty-Sixth International Congress on Medieval Studies, the Medieval Institute, Western Michigan University, May 3-6, 2001, Nineteenth Symposium on the Sources of A
Year of Publication: 2001.
8. Record Number: 10117
Author(s): Anderson, Rachel.
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Title : Sinful Contracts in AElfric's "Life of St. Basil"
Source: Old English Newsletter , 33., 3 (Spring 2000): Paper presented at the Thirty-Fifth International Congress on Medieval Studies, The Medieval Institute, Western Michigan University, May 4-7, 2000, Session 110: "Ælfric's Saints."
Year of Publication: 2000.
9. Record Number: 10125
Author(s): Emblom, Katherine.
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Title : Forbuga&00F0; unrihtwisnesse: Sin and Sexuality in the Transmission of Aelfric's "De initio creaturae"
Source: Old English Newsletter , 33., 3 (Spring 2000): Paper presented at the Thirty-Fifth International Congress on Medieval Studies, The Medieval Institute, Western Michigan University, May 4-7, 2000
Year of Publication: 2000.
10. Record Number: 7328
Author(s): Anlezark, Daniel
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Title : An Ideal Marriage: Abraham and Sarah in Old English Literature [The author analyzes passages in "Genesis A" and in Aelfric's writings concerning the complex relationship between Sarah and Abraham. This includes Abraham's sexual relationship with Sarah's servant, Hagar, and the unlikely promise from God that Sarah will bear an heir. Both Aelfric and the "Genesis A" author are anxious to maintain Abraham's sanctity and emphasize Sarah's obedience. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Medium Aevum , 69., 2 ( 2000):  Pages 187 - 210.
Year of Publication: 2000.
11. Record Number: 5470
Author(s): Jackson, Peter.
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Title : Aelfric and the Purpose of Christian Marriage: A Reconsideration of the "Life of Aethelthryth," Lines 120- 30 [The author argues that Aelfric adds a story from the "Historia monachorum in Aegypto" to the "Life of Aethelthryth" because he is uneasy about the saint's unilateral refusal of sex in marriage; by adding the exemplum about a man and his wife who have three sons and then agree to live together while abstaining from sex, Aelfric is able to reassert the Augustinian ideal of a Christian marriage].
Source: Anglo-Saxon England , 29., ( 2000):  Pages 235 - 260.
Year of Publication: 2000.
12. Record Number: 10118
Author(s): Zacher, Samantha.
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Title : Masquerade and Mimesis: The Old English Transvestite Lives as Models for Female Sanctity
Source: Old English Newsletter , 33., 3 (Spring 2000): Paper presented at the Thirty-Fifth International Congress on Medieval Studies, The Medieval Institute, Western Michigan University, May 4-7, 2000, Session 110: "Ælfric's Saints."
Year of Publication: 2000.
13. Record Number: 15185
Author(s): Cubitt, Catherine.
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Title : Virginity and Misogyny in Tenth- and Eleventh-Century England
Source: Gender and History , 12., 1 (April 2000):  Pages 1 - 32.
Year of Publication: 2000.
14. Record Number: 3201
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Title : The Violence of Exegesis: Reading the Bodies of AEIfric's Female Saints [Saints Agatha, Lucy, and Agnes].
Source: Violence Against Women in Medieval Texts.   Edited by Anna Roberts .   University Press of Florida, 1998. Gender and History , 12., 1 (April 2000):  Pages 22 - 43.
Year of Publication: 1998.
15. Record Number: 5346
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Title : Heo Man Ne Waes: Cross-Dressing, Sex-Change, and Womanhood in Aelfric's Life of Eugenia [The author compares Alefric's version with the "Vitae patrum" text, arguing that Aelfric emphasizes the renunciation of the material world while virginity is not his primary concern].
Source: Mediaevalia , 22., 1 ( 1998):  Pages 113 - 131. Published by the Center for Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies, State University of New York at Binghamton
Year of Publication: 1998.
16. Record Number: 2331
Author(s): Waterhouse, Ruth.
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Title : Discourse and Hypersignification in Two of Aelfric's Saint's Lives [Aethelthryth (or Etheldreda) and Oswald; the author discusses differences in interpretation of the narrative among contemporaries of the saints, readers of Bede's version in the eighth century, Aelfric's version in the late tenth century, and a reading in the late twentieth century].
Source: Holy Men and Holy Women: Old English Prose Saints' Live and Their Contexts.   Edited by Paul E. Szarmach .   State University of New York Press, 1996. Old English Newsletter , 29., 3 (Spring 1996):  Pages 333 - 352.
Year of Publication: 1996.
17. Record Number: 9507
Author(s): Klein, Stacy S.
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Title : Aelfric's Sources and His Gendered Audiences [Aelfric's "Life" of Judith was intended for two different audiences: nuns who needed encouragement toward chastity and the noble man Sigeweard and his warriors who were fighting the Vikings. Aelfric's message about chastity could profit warriors because uncontrolled sexual desire would lead men to dishonor. Klein argues that Aelfric's narrative reflects his anxieties both about female sexuality and men's sexual desires. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Essays in Medieval Studies , 13., ( 1996):  Pages 111 - 119.
Year of Publication: 1996.
18. Record Number: 2353
Author(s): Blanton-Whetsell, Virginia.
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Title : St. Aethelthryth's Cult: The Anglo-Saxon Liturgical Evidence [argues that the saint was appropriated by Benedictine monastics as a model of male chastity].
Source: Old English Newsletter , 29., 3 (Spring 1996):
Year of Publication: 1996.
19. Record Number: 2337
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Title : Aelfric's Sources and His Gendered Audiences
Source: Old English Newsletter , 29., 3 (Spring 1996):
Year of Publication: 1996.
20. Record Number: 990
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Title : Occurrences of Nuptial Imagery in Old English Hagiographical Texts
Source: English Language Notes , 33., 4 (June 1996):  Pages 1 - 9.
Year of Publication: 1996.
21. Record Number: 2351
Author(s): Lavezzo, Kathy.
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Title : Gregory's Boys: Aelfric and the Homoerotic Production of English Whiteness
Source: Old English Newsletter , 29., 3 (Spring 1996):
Year of Publication: 1996.
22. Record Number: 2344
Author(s): Bankert, Dabney A.
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Title : The Conversion Stories of Aelfric's "Lives of Saints" [analyzes the "Lives" of St. Agnes and St. Gallicanus; in the latter the conversion is in fact that of Constantia, daughter of the emperor Constantine].
Source: Old English Newsletter , 29., 3 (Spring 1996):
Year of Publication: 1996.
23. Record Number: 2336
Author(s): Horner, Shari.
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Title : Da nacodon word: Corporeal Hermeneutics in Aelfric's "Lives of Saints" [Saints Agatha, Agnes, and Lucy].
Source: Old English Newsletter , 29., 3 (Spring 1996):
Year of Publication: 1996.
24. Record Number: 2347
Author(s): Gulley, Alison.
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Title : Icon or Subversive? : The Role of Aelfric's Virgin-Martyr Legends in Early English Society ["Lives" of Agatha, Agnes, Cecilia, Eugenia, and Lucy].
Source: Old English Newsletter , 29., 3 (Spring 1996):
Year of Publication: 1996.
25. Record Number: 483
Author(s): Szarmach, Paul E.
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Title : Aelfric and the Problem of Women [Annual Meeting of the Modern Language Association of America, San Diego, December 27-30, 1994, Session 686]
Source: Old English Newsletter , 28., 3 (Spring 1995):
Year of Publication: 1995.
26. Record Number: 490
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Title : Relationships Between Women in Old English Texts: Cultural Definitions of Femininity [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.
27. Record Number: 461
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Title : No Sex Please, We're Anglo- Saxons? Attitudes to Sexuality in Old English Prose and Poetry
Source: Leeds Studies in English , ( 1995):  Pages 1 - 27.
Year of Publication: 1995.
28. Record Number: 589
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Title : Contrasting Narrative Emphases in the Old English Poem "Judith" and Aelfric's Paraphrase of the Book of Judith
Source: Neuphilologische Mitteilungen , 96., ( 1995):  Pages 61 - 65.
Year of Publication: 1995.
29. Record Number: 498
Author(s): Horner, Shari.
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Title : The Violence of Exegesis: Reading the Bodies of Aelfric's Saints [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 247.]
Source: Old English Newsletter , 28., 3 (Spring 1995):
Year of Publication: 1995.
30. Record Number: 496
Author(s): Menzer, Melinda J.
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Title : I Have My Breast Sound in My Soul: Aelfrica's "Life of Saint Agatha" [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 170.]
Source: Old English Newsletter , 28., 3 (Spring 1995):
Year of Publication: 1995.
31. Record Number: 1382
Author(s): Clayton, Mary.
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Title : Aelfric's "Judith": Manipulative or Manipulated? [argues for multiple audiences for the literal, typological, and tropological levels of the text; by emphasizing Judith's chastity and humility, Aelfric attempts to defuse Judith's power and sexuality in the Biblical narrative]
Source: Anglo-Saxon England , 23., ( 1994):  Pages 215 - 227.
Year of Publication: 1994.
32. Record Number: 9492
Author(s): Roy, Gopa.
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Title : A virgin acts manfully: Ælfric's “Life of St. Eugenia” and the Latinversions [The article demonstrates that Ælfric’s Old English version of St. Eugenia’s “Life” is more sympathetic to women than its closest Latin source. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Leeds Studies in English , ( 1992):  Pages 1 - 27.
Year of Publication: 1992.
33. Record Number: 10189
Author(s): Lensing, Irmgard.
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Title : Virgin Martyrs and Vladimir Propp
Source: Old English Newsletter , 25., 3 (Spring 1992): Appendix A: Abstracts of Papers in Anglo-Saxon Studies. Conference paper presented at the Twenty-Seventh Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, May 7-10, 1992, Tenth Symposium on the Sources of Anglo-Saxon Culture, Session 83: "Sources
Year of Publication: 1992.
34. Record Number: 28191
Author(s): Morini, Carla
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Title : Una redazione sconosciuta della passio S. Agathæ Ms. Auxerre, Bibl. Mun., 127 (s. XII in.), f. 17r-19r [The legend of St. Agatha arrived in France from Spain during the Carolingian era. The “Passio S. Agathae” in the Auxerre manuscript has ties to the Old English version that circulated in England during the time of Aelfric. Both texts are found in Cisterican contexts. The article includes an edited text of the “Passio S. Agathae.” Title note supplied by Feminae.]
Source: Analecta Bollandiana , 109., 3- 4 ( 1991):  Pages 305 - 330.
Year of Publication: 1991.
35. Record Number: 12806
Author(s): Millett, Bella.
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Title : Some editorial problems in the Katherine Group [The author discusses the textual problems, caused by both scribes and editors, to the Katherine Group. The article includes an appendix that gives statistics on alliterative and rhythmical phrases in Seinte Iuliene, Seinte Katerine and Seinte Margarete, as compared with a sample from Aelfric's Passio sanctae Ceciliae. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: English Studies , 71., 5 ( 1990):  Pages 386 - 394.
Year of Publication: 1990.