Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 5223
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  • Title: Public Exposure? Consorts and Ritual in Late Medieval Europe: The Example of the Entrance of the Dogaresse of Venice [The author argues that the ceremonial processions of the wives of the new doges both contained and empowered these women. The ceremonies had something in common with coronation rites and with wedding ceremonies. The peculiar conditions governing the doge's political power meant that dynastic succession (and his consort's fertility) were not issues of concern. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
  • Source: Gendering the Master Narrative: Women and Power in the Middle Ages.  Edited by Mary C. Erler and Maryanne Kowaleski.  Cornell University Press, 2003.  Pages 174 - 189.
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  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Ceremonies Dogaresse, Wives of the Doges, Elected Heads of the Venetian Republic Marriage, Image of Noble Women Politics Power Processions Venice Women in Active Roles
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  • Geographic Area: Italy
  • Century: 14- 15
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  • Year of Publication: 2003.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 0801441129