Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 6678
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Dulac , Liliane.
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  • Title: Mystical Inspiration and Political Knowledge: Advice to Widows from Francesco da Barberino and Christine de Pizan [The author considers two literary works in which advice is given to widows. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
  • Source: Upon My Husband's Death: Widows in the Literature and Histories of Medieval Europe.  Edited by Louise MirrerStudies in Medieval and Early Modern Civilization.  University of Michigan Press, 1992.  Pages 223 - 258.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Advice Allegory Christine de Pizan, Poet- Livre des Trois Vertus Francesco da Barberino, Author- Reggimento e costumi di Donna Handbooks Literature- Prose Literature- Verse Widows in Literature
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  • Geographic Area: France;Italy
  • Century: 14- 15
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  • Author's Affiliation: Université Paul Valery, Montpellier, France
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  • Year of Publication: 1992.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 0472102575