Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 6254
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Dabrowska , Elzbieta.
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  • Title: La Crosse de l'Abbesse Florence et la sépulture des abbesses du XIe au XIIIe siècle
  • Source: Les Religieuses dans le Cloître et dans le Monde des Origines à Nos Jours. Actes du Deuxième Colloque International de C.E.R.C.O.R. Poitiers, 29 septembre-2 octobre 1988..  Publications de l'Université de Sainte-Etienne, 1994.  Pages 111 - 124.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Abbesses Archaeology Burials Crosses and Crucifixes Florence, Abbess of the Benedictine Abbey in Saintes Funerals Monasticism Saintes, Charente-Maritime, France- Female Benedictine Abbey of Notre-Dame- Church Women in Religion
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  • Geographic Area: France
  • Century: 11-12
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  • Illustrations: Five Figures. Figure One Plan of the abbey church of Sainte-Marie-aux-Dames, with the location of Abbess Florence's tomb marked. Figure Two Line drawing reconstucting the cross buried with Abbess Florence. Figure Three -- Figure Four--- Figure Five Map of France showing the locations of tombs that contain crosses inscribed with their owners' names.
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  • Author's Affiliation: Université de Fribourg
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  • Year of Publication: 1994.
  • Language: French
  • ISSN/ISBN: 2862720437