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1.
Record Number:
14778
Author(s):
Power, Daniel.
Contributor(s):
Title :
The Stripping of a Queen: Eleanor of Aquitaine in Thirteenth-century Norman Tradition [The author examines vernacular prose histories about the dukes of Normandy and kings of England. Power analyzes one passage concerning Eleanor immediatly following her divorce from Louis VII. She disrobes before her barons and asks for confirmation that she is not a devil. Power links this to the many medieval stories about a female noble ancestor who reveals that she is part demon by turning into a snake in her bath or flying out of church to avoid the Eucharist. The Norman histories vigorously contest this demonic rumor by the barons' affirmation that Eleanor has the most beautiful body in the kingdom. The article appendix presents three excerpts from thirteenth century texts concerning Eleanor's divorce and appeal to her barons. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source:
The World of Eleanor of Aquitaine: Literature and Society in Southern France between the Eleventh and Thirteenth Centuries. Edited by Marcus Bull and Catherine Léglu . Boydell Press, 2005. Pages 115 - 135.
Year of Publication:
2005.
2.
Record Number:
5784
Author(s):
Contributor(s):
Title :
Men, Women, and Miracles in Normandy, 1050- 1150 [the author argues that the representation of women in Norman miracle reports is surprisingly positive; women's testimony is recorded (when men are unavailable) and their tender care of children is emphasized; the author suggests that the monk-authors of the "miracula" were not misogynists and had contact with women, both in the monastery and in the secular world].
Source:
Medieval Memories: Men, Women, and the Past, 700-1300. Edited by Elisabeth van Houts . Women and Men in History Series. Longman, 2001. Pages 53 - 71.
Year of Publication:
2001.
3.
Record Number:
3743
Author(s):
Martinez-Gros, Gabriel.
Contributor(s):
Title :
Frustrated Masculinity: The Relationship Between William the Conqueror and His Eldest Son [The author suggests that William tried to prolong Robert's youth; Robert had difficulties attaining adult masculinity because he lacked three important things: an access to power, an independent household, and public recognition as a fully gendered male]
Source:
Masculinity in Medieval Europe. Edited by D.M. Hadley . Women and Men in History Series. Addison Wesley Longman, 1999. Pages 39 - 55.
Year of Publication:
1999.
4.
Record Number:
5363
Author(s):
van Houts, Elisabeth.
Contributor(s):
Title :
Countess Gunnor of Normandy (c. 950-1031)
Source:
Collegium Medievale , 12., ( 1999): Pages 7 - 24.
Year of Publication:
1999.
5.
Record Number:
2081
Author(s):
Walmsley, John.
Contributor(s):
Title :
The Early Abbesses, Nuns, and Female Tenants of the Abbey of Holy Trinity, Caen [using charters and early surveys, the author examines the administration of the abbesses, the social origins of the nuns, and the status of female tenants both in Normandy and England, particularly the inheritance rights of widows].
Source:
Journal of Ecclesiastical History , 48., 3 (July 1997): Pages 425 - 444.
Year of Publication:
1997.
6.
Record Number:
707
Author(s):
Christelow, Stephanie Mooers.
Contributor(s):
Title :
The Division of Inheritance and the Provision of Non- Inheriting Offspring Among the Anglo- Norman Elite [study of some fifty families over three generations with an emphasis on the careers of younger children through marriage, the Church, and royal service].
Source:
Medieval Prosopography , 17., 2 (Autumn 1996): Pages 3 - 44.
Year of Publication:
1996.
7.
Record Number:
12750
Author(s):
LoPrete, Kimberly A.
Contributor(s):
Title :
The Anglo-Norman Card of Adela of Blois [Adela occupied a high social status and power by virtue of her royal blood (she was the daughter of William the Conqueror), her role as the Countess of Blois, Chartres, and Meaux, and her position as the mother of Stephen, future King of England. She exerted authority as family head, accumulating land holdings and inheritance claims for the family by negotiating marriage alliances between her own family (the Thebaudians) and other powerful dynasties. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source:
Albion , 22., 4 (Winter 1990): Pages 567 - 589.
Year of Publication:
1990.