Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


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1. Record Number: 19231
Author(s): Keller, Hildegard Elisabeth
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Title : Segreti. Uno studio semantico sulla mistica femminile medievale [Medieval mystics frequently wrote about hidden or secret realities. Didactic texts tried to teach an approach to these secrets, while autobiographies presented mysteries that the mystic had experienced. Female mystics, as well as some men, frequently presented their experience in erotic terms derived from the Bible and including terms for pregnancy and birth. Many of them said they were compelled to reveal secrets they had learned. Title note supplied by Feminae.]
Source: Storia delle donne 1 (2005): 201-220.
Year of Publication: 2005.
2. Record Number: 10569
Author(s): Scheepsma, Wybren.
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Title : Mysticism and Modern Devotion: Alijt Bake's (1415-1455) Lessons in the Mystical Way of Living [Alijt Bake had a special gift for the mystical life. When she became prioress of Galilea (a house associated with the Modern Devotion), she attempted to reform the nuns' external methods toward a more internalized spirituality. Bake wrote texts for the nuns as well as a spiritual autobiography and a letter from exile. The leaders of the Windesheim Chapter not only removed her as prioress in 1454 but sent her from Ghent to Antwerp. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Spirituality renewed: studies on significant representatives of the Modern Devotion.   Edited by Hein Blommestijn, Charles Caspers, and Rijcklof Hofman Studies in spirituality. Supplement .  10 2003.  Pages 157 - 167.
Year of Publication: 2003.
3. Record Number: 9512
Author(s): Wiethaus, Ulrike.
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Title : Thieves and Carnivals: Gender in German Dominican Literature of the Fourteenth Century [The author examines two autobiographical vernacular texts from Margarete Ebner and Heinrich Seuse. She argues that Seuse was concerned in part with disciplining nuns under his care and showing that female spirituality was inferior to his more intellectual approach. Ebner, on the other hand, wrote a spiritual manual for the nuns in her house in order to enhance their daily practices. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: The Vernacular Spirit: Essays on Medieval Religious Literature.   Edited by Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski, Duncan Robertson, and Nancy Bradley Warren .   The New Middle Ages series. Palgrave, 2002.  Pages 209 - 238.
Year of Publication: 2002.
4. Record Number: 5466
Author(s): Lawes, Richard.
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Title : Psychological Disorder and the Autobiographical Impulse in Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe, and Thomas Hoccleve [the author argues that cases of psychological crises, such as Kempe's post-natal psychosis and temporal lobe disease, Julian's physical illness that brought on hallucinations, and Hoccleve's bi-polar condition, all may have served as a stimulus to autobiographical writings].
Source: Writing Religious Women: Female Spiritual and Textual Practices in Late Medieval England.   Edited by Denis Renevey and Christiania Whitehead .   University of Toronto Press, 2000.  Pages 217 - 243.
Year of Publication: 2000.
5. Record Number: 4498
Author(s): Gouma-Peterson, Thalia.
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Title : Gender and Power: Passages to the Maternal in Anna Komnene's "Alexiad"
Source: Full-text of the Alexiad in English (from the Medieval Sourcebook)
Year of Publication: 2000.
6. Record Number: 4578
Author(s): Stevenson, Barbara.
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Title : Re-Visioning the Widow Christine de Pizan [The author argues that critics have misread Christine by concentrating on her writings that deal with the autobiographical].
Source: Crossing the Bridge: Comparative Essays on Medieval European and Heian Japanese Women Writers.   Edited by Barbara Stevenson and Cynthia Ho .   Palgrave, 2000.  Pages 29 - 44.
Year of Publication: 2000.
7. Record Number: 4466
Author(s): Lewis, Katherine J.
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Title : Women, Testamentary Discourse, and Life-Writing in Later Medieval England [the author examines wills of 19 women and those of their husbands as autobiographical compositions; she notes differences between female and male wills with women leaving clothing and jewelry rather than land and remembering a network of female relatives, friends, and servants].
Source: Medieval Women and the Law.   Edited by Noël James Menuge .   Boydell Press, 2000.  Pages 57 - 75.
Year of Publication: 2000.
8. Record Number: 3551
Author(s): Tobin, Frank.
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Title : Henry Suso and Elsbeth Stagel: Was the "Vita" a Cooperative Effort? [The author argues that Elsbeth Stagel has left her imprint on Henry Suso's "Vita" in form and content].
Source: Gendered Voices: Medieval Saints and Their Interpreters.   Edited by Catherine M. Mooney .   University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999.  Pages 118 - 135.
Year of Publication: 1999.
9. Record Number: 5024
Author(s): Sweeney, James Ross
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Title : The Tricky Queen and Her Clever Lady-in-Waiting: Stealing the Crown to Secure Succession, Visegrad 1440 [Elizabeth of Luxemburg sent her loyal attendant, Helene Kottanner, to steal the Hungarian crown so that her soon-to-be-born baby (if it were a boy) could be made king rather than the interloper king of Poland].
Source: East Central Europe , 1., ( 1998):  Pages 87 - 100. Issue title: Women and Power in East Central Europe - Medieval and Modern. Edited by Marianne Sághy.
Year of Publication: 1998.
10. Record Number: 3106
Author(s): Ashley, Kathleen.
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Title : Historicizing Margery: "The Book of Margery Kempe" as Social Text [Reprinted in The Book of Margery Kempe: A New Translation, Contexts, Criticism. Edited by Lynn Staley. A Norton Critial Edition. W. W. Norton, 2001. Pages 264-276.]
Source: Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies , 28., 2 (Spring 1998):  Pages 371 - 388.
Year of Publication: 1998.
11. Record Number: 2980
Author(s): Culham, Phyllis.
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Title : Gender and Negotiating Discourse: Mediated Autobiography and Female Mystics of Medieval Italy [analyzes the "vitae" of Margherita of Faenza and Margherita of Cortona, the "sermones" of Umiltà of Faenza, and the "Liber" of Angela of Foligno].
Source: Sex and Gender in Medieval and Renaissance Texts: The Latin Tradition.   Edited by Barbara K. Gold, Paul Allen Miller, and Charles Platter .   State University of New York Press, 1997. Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies , 28., 2 (Spring 1998):  Pages 71 - 89.
Year of Publication: 1997.
12. Record Number: 2213
Author(s): Classen, Albrecht.
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Title : Flowing Light of the Godhead: Binary Oppositions of Self and God in Mechthild von Magdeburg
Source: Studies in Spirituality , 7., ( 1997):  Pages 79 - 98.
Year of Publication: 1997.
13. Record Number: 1222
Author(s): Grimes, Laura M.
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Title : The Authority of Confession: Gertrud of Helfta's "Legatus," Book Two [textual echoes from and resemblance in style and theme to Augustine's "Confessions"].
Source: Magistra , 2., 2 (Winter 1996):  Pages 21 - 42.
Year of Publication: 1996.
14. Record Number: 1754
Author(s): Triggs, Tony D.
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Title : Margery Kempe: An Eccentric View of the late Middle Ages [emphasis on her personality and her "mental, physical and moral pathologies"].
Source: Medieval Life , 5., (Summer 1996):  Pages 26 - 28.
Year of Publication: 1996.
15. Record Number: 1743
Author(s): Gouma-Peterson, Thalia.
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Title : Engendered Category or Recognizable Life: Anna Komnene and her "Alexiad"
Source: Full-text of the Alexiad in English (from the Medieval Sourcebook)
Year of Publication: 1996.
16. Record Number: 3644
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Title : Autohagiography and Medieval Women's Spiritual Autobiography
Source: Gender and Text in the Later Middle Ages.   Edited by Jane Chance .   University Press of Florida, 1996.  Pages 216 - 236.
Year of Publication: 1996.
17. Record Number: 3030
Author(s): McWebb, Christine.
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Title : Joan of Arc and Christine de Pizan: The Symbiosis of Two Warriors in the "Ditié de Jehanne d'Arc"
Source: Fresh Verdicts on Joan of Arc.   Edited by Bonnie Wheeler and Charles T. Wood .   Garland Publishing, 1996.  Pages 133 - 144.
Year of Publication: 1996.
18. Record Number: 433
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Title : Reexamining "The Book of Margery Kempe": A Rhetoric of Autobiography
Source: Reclaiming Rhetorica: Women in the Rhetorical Tradition.   Edited by Andrea A. Lunsford Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture .   University of Pittsburgh Press, 1995. Medieval Life , 5., (Summer 1996):  Pages 53 - 71.
Year of Publication: 1995.
19. Record Number: 1979
Author(s): Classen, Albrecht.
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Title : Die Mystikerin als Peregrina: Margery Kempe. Reisende in corpore - Reisende in spiritu
Source: Studies in Spirituality , 5., ( 1995):  Pages 127 - 145.
Year of Publication: 1995.
20. Record Number: 1711
Author(s): Altmann, Barbara K.
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Title : L'art de l'autoportrait littéraire dans les "Cent Ballades" de Christine de Pizan [discussion of Christine's contradictory self-portrayal as a widow who knows much about courtly love].
Source: Une femme de Lettres au Moyen Age: Études autour de Christine de Pizan.   Edited by Liliane Dulac and Bernard Ribémont .   Paradigme, 1995. Studies in Spirituality , 5., ( 1995):  Pages 327 - 336.
Year of Publication: 1995.
21. Record Number: 439
Author(s): Brownlee, Kevin.
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Title : Widowhood, Sexuality, and Gender in Christine de Pizan
Source: Romanic Review , 86., 2 (March 1995):  Pages 339 - 353. Special issue: The Production of Knowledge: Institutionalizing Sex, Gender, and Sexualiity in Medieval Discourse. Ed. by Kathryn Gravdal.
Year of Publication: 1995.
22. Record Number: 10380
Author(s): Blanchard, Joel.
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Title : Compilation and Legitimation in the Fifteenth Century: "Le Livre de la Cite des Dames" [The author traces the complicated rhetorical processes involved in Christine’s adaptation of her literary sources; compilation is the central organizational principle of the work. The author suggests that we evaluate Christine’s work on the basis of its aesthetic value, and not base our judgments on an analysis of the work’s content. The author concludes by describing how the illustrations in a manuscript of “Le Livre” have an autobiographical function. In addition to depicting Christine herself, the illustrations use images of books and allegorical figures to legitimize Christine as an author. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Reinterpreting Christine de Pizan.   Edited by Earl Jeffrey Richards, Joan Williamson, Nadia Margolis, and Christine Reno .   University of Georgia Press, 1992. Romanic Review , 86., 2 (March 1995):  Pages 228 - 249.
Year of Publication: 1992.
23. Record Number: 10244
Author(s): Szell, Timea K.
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Title : From Woe to Weal and Weal to Woe: Notes on the Structure of "The Book of Margery Kempe" [The complicated narrative structure of Margery’s “Book” reflects the author’s attempt to reconcile two contradictory psychological impulses: one is the need to gain social acceptance and legitimacy; the other is the desire to be publicly shunned and perceived as outside of societal norms. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Margery Kempe: A Book of Essays.   Edited by Sandra J. McEntire .   Garland Publishing, 1992. Romanic Review , 86., 2 (March 1995):  Pages 73 - 91.
Year of Publication: 1992.
24. Record Number: 11114
Author(s): Brown-Grant, Rosalind.
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Title : L'Avision Christine: Autobiographical Narrative or Mirror for the Prince? [The author argues that the autobiographical sections of "L'Avision" were intended to show Christine as an exemplar for her princely reader. She was led to a greater understanding of the self and a better relationship with God. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Politics, Gender, and Genre: The Political Thought of Christine de Pizan.   Edited by Margaret Brabant .   Westview Press, 1992. Romanic Review , 86., 2 (March 1995):  Pages 95 - 111.
Year of Publication: 1992.
25. Record Number: 11816
Author(s): Stargardt, Ute.
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Title : Male Clerical Authority in the Spiritual (Auto)biographies of Medieval Holy Women [The author discusses the way John Marienwerder handles Dorothea of Montau’s spiritual experiences, arguing that, while his written account offers few surprises, it also inspires interest in the “real” Dorothea. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Women as Protagonists and Poets in the German Middle Ages: An Anthology of Feminist Approaches to Middle High German Literature.   Edited by Albrecht Classen .   Kümmerle Verlag, 1991. Romanic Review , 86., 2 (March 1995):  Pages 209 - 238.
Year of Publication: 1991.
26. Record Number: 11066
Author(s): Brownlee, Kevin.
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Title : The Image of History in Christine de Pizan’s "Livre de la Mutacion de Fortune" [Christine creates a double representation of history in this poem. In addition to relating all the great events in human history, she also presents a personal history in the form of an allegorical autobiography. This narrative fictionalizes her own development into the author of the book, as Christine presents her past self reading a sequence of wall paintings. As she narrates these images, Christine establishes her unique authority as a female poet of history, differentiating herself from the male wall-reading protagonists of the Aeneid, Roman de le Rose, the Prose Lancelot, and Dante’s Divine Comedy. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Yale French Studies (Full Text via JSTOR) (1991): 44-56. Special Editions: Style and Values in Medieval Art and Literature.Link Info
Year of Publication: 1991.
27. Record Number: 10682
Author(s): Ross, Ellen M.
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Title : Spiritual Experience and Women's Autobiography: The Rhetoric of Selfhood in "The Book of Margery Kempe" [Kempe uses domestic and familial language as the dominant metaphors for describing her relationship with the divine and her mode of understanding, experiencing, and expressing the self. Not only does she use relational terms like "daughter," "mother," and "sister" to describe her connections to Christ and the Virgin Mary, but she also identifies herself with a tradition of holy women and, at other times, as a prophet. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Religion , 59., 3 (Fall 1991):  Pages 527 - 546.
Year of Publication: 1991.
28. Record Number: 12696
Author(s): Schmitt, Miriam.
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Title : Freed to Run with Expanded Heart: The Writings of Gertrud of Helfta and the Rule of Benedict [In her writings, Helfta interprets liberty of heart as a personal passage from inner bondage to spiritual freedom. She also exemplifies the qualities of a liberated heart which Benedict outlines in his regula. The author equates Gertrude's "libertas cordis" (liberated heart in mystical love) is equated with Benedict's "cor dilatatus" (heart expanded by ineffable love). Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Cistercian Studies , 25., 2 ( 1990):  Pages 220 - 232.
Year of Publication: 1990.
29. Record Number: 12695
Author(s): Lewis, Gertrud Jaron.
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Title : Libertas Cordis: The Concept of Inner Freedom in Saint Gertrud the Great of Helfta [Both the writings by and biographies of Saint Gertrud of Helfta (German nun and mystic) place supreme importance on inner freedom (freedom of spirit and freedom of heart). For Gertrud, striving for inner freedom and asceticism are intimately connected, and one paradoxically gains freedom by giving up oneself. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Cistercian Studies , 25., 1 ( 1990):  Pages 65 - 74.
Year of Publication: 1990.