Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 9990
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Brumbaugh- Walter , Lynnea.
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  • Title: The Grace of That Mutual Glance: Reciprocal Gazing and Unholy Voyeurism in "The Life of Christina of Markyate" [analyzes the nurturing, mutual gazes Christina shares with her rescuer, the hermit Roger, and the Virgin Mary ; these gazes are contrasted with the public voyeuristic gazes that Christina's Mother Beatrix arranges to destroy her daughter's chastity]
  • Source: Medieval Perspectives 11, ( 1996): Pages 74 - 95. Proceedings of the Twenty-First Annual Conference of the Southeastern Medieval Association
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  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Christina of Markyate, Recluse Feminist Theory Gaze Hagiography Latin Literature Literature- Prose Mary, Virgin, Saint in Literature Noble Women Recluses Women in Literature
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  • Geographic Area: British Isles
  • Century: 12
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  • Author's Affiliation: Washington University
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  • Year of Publication: 1996.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 10575367