Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 8349
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Estow , Clara.
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  • Title: Widows in the Chronicles of Late Medieval Castile [The author studies royal widows in late medieval Castilian chronicles, some of whom were able to enjoy the full extent of royal power and to create public personae independent from those of their husbands. 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 153 - 167.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Castile Catalina, Wife of Enrique III, King of Castile Chronicles Historiography Widows in Literature
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  • Geographic Area: Iberia
  • Century: 14- 15
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  • Author's Affiliation: University of Massachusetts, Boston
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  • Year of Publication: 1992.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 0472102575