Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 3533
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Bornholdt , Claudia.
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  • Title: Tricked into the Tower: The "Crescentia" Tower Episode of the "Kaiserchronik" as Proto-"Märe" [The author examines the story of Crescentia who fends off her brother-in-law's sexual advances by cleverly outwitting him].
  • Source: JEGP: Journal of English and Germanic Philology 99, 3 (July 2000): Pages 395 - 411.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Crescentia (Literary Figure) Deception in Literature Kaiserchronik, Early Middle High German Chronicle Literature- Verse Maren, Literary Genre Wives in Literature Women in Literature
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  • Geographic Area: Germany
  • Century: 12
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  • Author's Affiliation: Indiana University
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  • Year of Publication: 2000.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 03636941