Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


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1. Record Number: 27576
Author(s): Georgiadou, Sofia,
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Title : The Architectural Projects of Nikephoros I Komnenos Doukas (1266/8-1296/8) and Anna Palaiologina in Arta, Epiros
Source: Byzantine Studies Conference , 35., ( 2009):  Pages 83 - 84.
Year of Publication: 2009.
2. Record Number: 14122
Author(s): Franke, Birgit.
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Title : Female Role Models in Tapestries [The author briefly describes some of the tapestries owned or used by Margaret of York and her step-grand-daughter, Margaret of Austria. Frequently a series of tapestries celebrated heroic female figures like Esther, as savior of her people, and Abigail,
Source: Women of Distinction: Margaret of York | Margaret of Austria.   Edited by Dagmar Eichberger .   Brepols, 2005. Byzantine Studies Conference , 35., ( 2009):  Pages 154 - 165.
Year of Publication: 2005.
3. Record Number: 14120
Author(s): Welzel, Barbara.
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Title : Widowhood: Margaret of York and Margaret of Austria [The author briefly discusses the two women's roles as protectors of their country. They are sometimes figured as the Biblical Judith, but in portraits Margaret of York is represented as a married woman. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Women of Distinction: Margaret of York | Margaret of Austria.   Edited by Dagmar Eichberger .   Brepols, 2005. Byzantine Studies Conference , 35., ( 2009):  Pages 102 - 113.
Year of Publication: 2005.
4. Record Number: 14124
Author(s): Legaré, Anne-Marie.
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Title : La librairye de Madame: Two Princesses and Their Libraries [The author briefly surveys the manuscripts belonging to Margaret of York and Margaret of Austria. Margaret of York acquired a small number of French religious texts in line with her roles as wife and potential mother. In contrast her step-granddaughter c
Source: Women of Distinction: Margaret of York | Margaret of Austria.   Edited by Dagmar Eichberger .   Brepols, 2005. Byzantine Studies Conference , 35., ( 2009):  Pages 206 - 219.
Year of Publication: 2005.
5. Record Number: 14125
Author(s): Fontaine, Marie Madeleine.
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Title : Olivier de la Marche and Jean Lemaire de Belges: The Author and His Female Patron [The author briefly surveys the careers of the two men who were courtiers and poets in the service of Margaret of York and Margaret of Austria. Both wrote works celebrating women. Olivier de la Marche had a strong influence on the Burgundian court because
Source: Women of Distinction: Margaret of York | Margaret of Austria.   Edited by Dagmar Eichberger .   Brepols, 2005. Byzantine Studies Conference , 35., ( 2009):  Pages 220 - 229.
Year of Publication: 2005.
6. Record Number: 14121
Author(s): Lorentz, Philippe.
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Title : Children's Portraits: Between Politics and Family Memories [The author briefly surveys portraits done in the late medieval period, looking most closely at paintings of Margaret of Austria. In some cases the portraits were made to be sent to potential husbands in marriage negotiations. Title note supplied by Femin
Source: Women of Distinction: Margaret of York | Margaret of Austria.   Edited by Dagmar Eichberger .   Brepols, 2005. Byzantine Studies Conference , 35., ( 2009):  Pages 114 - 123.
Year of Publication: 2005.
7. Record Number: 14126
Author(s): Rudy, Kathryn M.
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Title : Women's Devotions at Court [The author briefly surveys the devotional activities of Margaret of York and her step-grandaughter Margaret of Austria. These included prayers and sacred objects related to fertility and childbirth, books for prayer, meditation, and teaching young childr
Source: Women of Distinction: Margaret of York | Margaret of Austria.   Edited by Dagmar Eichberger .   Brepols, 2005. Byzantine Studies Conference , 35., ( 2009):  Pages 230 - 239.
Year of Publication: 2005.
8. Record Number: 4881
Author(s): Downie, Fiona.
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Title : La voie quelle menace tenir: Annabella Stewart, Scotland, and the European Marriage Market, 1444-1456 [the author examines Annabella's betrothal to Louis, Count of Geneva, which lasted from 1444 until it was dissolved in 1456; continental politics favored the alliance in 1444 but conditions had changed in the next decade; Annabella wanted to stay in Savoy at the court where she had lived since the age of nine, but personal feelings did not matter in marital politics].
Source: Scottish Historical Review , 206., 2 (October 1999):  Pages 170 - 191.
Year of Publication: 1999.
9. Record Number: 5562
Author(s): Manion, Margaret M.
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Title : Women, Art, and Devotion: Three French Fourteenth-Century Royal Prayer Books [The author argues that the three prayerbooks were produced by the same group of skilled illuminators under the influence of Franciscan and Dominican spirituality; however, each book has many unique texts and illustrations adapted to the needs and interes
Source: The Art of the Book: Its Place in Medieval Worship.   Edited by Margaret M. Manion and Bernard J. Muir .   University of Exeter Press, 1998. Scottish Historical Review , 206., 2 (October 1999):  Pages 21 - 66.
Year of Publication: 1998.
10. Record Number: 10378
Author(s): Mombello, Gianni
Contributor(s): Margolis, Nadia, trans. and ed.
Title : Christine de Pizan and the House of Savoy [The author traces the relationship between Christine’s family and the royal House of Savoy, particularly the ties between Christine’s father Thomas and members of the Savoy court. The article lists the manuscripts of Christine’s works recorded in Savoy household accounts during the fifteenth century. Although most of the manuscripts in the Savoy collection were destroyed in later centuries, some remain. The article ends with a bibliography of the current manuscript holdings of Christine’s works in the Savoy; the contents and codicological details of each manuscript are described. 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. Scottish Historical Review , 206., 2 (October 1999):  Pages 187 - 204.
Year of Publication: 1992.
11. Record Number: 28749
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Title : Margaret of Austria
Source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Master_of_Moulins_-_Portrait_of_Margaret_of_Austria_%28Portrait_of_a_Young_Princess%29_-_WGA14462.jpg/250px-Master_of_Moulins_-_Portrait_of_Margaret_of_Austria_%28Portrait_of_a_Young_Princess%29_-_WGA14462.jpg
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