Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 9901
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Parson , John Carmi.
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  • Title: Ritual and Symbol in the English Medieval Queenship to 1500 [The author argues that queens were excluded from their husbands' public authority but used rituals to establish power informally through such means as coronation, marriage, intercession with the king, and the birth of royal heirs. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
  • Source: Women and Sovereignty.  Edited by Louise Olga Fradenburg. Cosmos: The Yearbook of the Traditional Cosmology Society, volume 7Cosmos: The Yearbook of the Traditional Cosmology Society, 7.  Edinburgh University Press, 1992.  Pages 60 - 77.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Coronations Intercession Power Queens Queenship Ritual
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  • Geographic Area: British Isles
  • Century: 13- 14- 15
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  • Author's Affiliation: Victoria University, University of Toronto [Senior Fellow]
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  • Year of Publication: 1992.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 0748603204