Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 8176
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Hay , David.
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  • Title: Canon Laws Regarding Female Military Commanders up to the Time of Gratian: Some Texts and Their Historical Contexts [The author analyzes a canon law text by Bonizo de Sutri which criticizes women who lead military expeditions. Hay suggests that this in part refers to Matilda of Tuscany's strong military support of the pope. Other contemporary canonists took a more liberal view, accepting and even defending Matilda's role as commander. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
  • Source: A Great Effusion of Blood? Interpreting Medieval Violence.  Edited by Mark D. Meyerson, Daniel Thiery, and Oren Falk.  University of Toronto Press, 2004.  Pages 287 - 313.
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  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Bonizo, Bishop of Sutri- Liber de Vita Christiana Canon Law Matilda, Countess of Tuscany Politics Power Rulers Warfare and Warriors
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  • Geographic Area: Italy
  • Century: 11-12
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  • Author's Affiliation: University of Lethbridge
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  • Year of Publication: 2004.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 0802087744