Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 10040
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Jambeck , Karen K.
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  • Title: Patterns of Women's Literary Patronage: England, 1200- ca.1475 [The author argues that many noble women managed their estates while their husbands were away or deceased; in order to train their daughters they patronized literature that reflected female capacity and self-worth.]
  • Source: The Cultural Patronage of Medieval Women.  Edited by June Hall McCash.  University of Georgia Press, 1996.  Pages 228 - 265.
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  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Devotional Literature Family Handbooks Manuscripts, Ownership of Noble Women Patronage, Literary Polemics- Women
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  • Geographic Area: British Isles
  • Century: 13- 14- 15
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  • Author's Affiliation: Western Connecticut State University
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  • Year of Publication: 1996.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 0820317014