Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


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1. Record Number: 440
Author(s): Solterer, Helen.
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Title : Flaming Words: Verbal Violence and Gender in Premodern Paris [Christine de Pizan's invectives].
Source: Romanic Review , 86., 2 (March 1995):  Pages 355 - 378. Special issue: The Production of Knowledge: Institutionalizing Sex, Gender, and Sexualiity in Medieval Discourse. Ed. by Kathryn Gravdal.
Year of Publication: 1995.
2. Record Number: 11117
Author(s): Leppig, Linda.
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Title : The Political Rhetoric of Christine de Pizan: "Lamentation sur les maux de la guerre civile [Christine addresses the Duke of Berry, calling on him to abandon his allegiance to the Duke of Orléans and seek peace for the good of the French people. Leppig argues that Christine combines elements from two literary forms, the "complainte" and the epistle, in order to excite pity and, at the same time, reproach those in the ruling elite she held responsible. 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 141 - 156.
Year of Publication: 1992.
3. Record Number: 11115
Author(s): Zimmerman, Margarete.
Contributor(s):
Title : Vox femina, vox politica: The "Lamentacion sur les maux de la France" [Christine wrote this text in 1410 as civil war engulfed Paris. She rejects the mascuine values of glory and victory in war, speaking out as a woman for peace. 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 113 - 127.
Year of Publication: 1992.
4. Record Number: 11118
Author(s): McKinley, Mary.
Contributor(s):
Title : The Subversive "Seulette" [The author briefly discusses Christine's rhetorical strategies in the "Lamentacion sur les maux de la guerre civile." While identifying herself as a "little woman, alone and apart," she persuasively but tactfully reminds the Duke of Berry of his obligations to the princes and people of France. 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 157 - 169.
Year of Publication: 1992.