Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 10599
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Halsall , Guy.
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  • Title: Female Status and Power in Early Merovingian Central Austrasia: The Burial Evidence [women of child- bearing age had the most lavish burials because their deaths threatened family status the most].
  • Source: Early Medieval Europe 5, 1 ( 1996): Pages 1 - 24.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Age Groups Archaeology Burials Gender Grave Goods Merovingian Kingdoms Power
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  • Geographic Area: France
  • Century: 6-7
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  • Illustrations: One map showing settlements in the region of Metz.
  • Table: Four figures. Two graphs representing artifact types and artifacts by sex in the graves at Ennery. Two tables with the first serving as a key to the graphs and the second showing artifact types and sex for five cemeteries in central Austrasia.
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  • Year of Publication: 1996.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 09639462