Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


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1. Record Number: 29189
Author(s): Prado-Vilar, Francisco,
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Title : Iudeus sacer: Life, Law and Identity in the "State of Exception" Called "Marian Miracle"
Source: Judaism and Christian Art: Aesthetic Anxieties from the Catacombs to Colonialism.   Edited by Herbert L. Kessler and David Nirenberg .   University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011.  Pages 115 - 142.
Year of Publication: 2011.
2. Record Number: 2211
Author(s): da Costa Fontes, Manuel.
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Title : On Alfonso X's "Interrupted" Encounter with a "Soldadeira" [Alfonso's poem describes an encounter with a prostitute and uses religious parody to make a joke; in the poem the prostitute equates her pleasurable sexual torment with Christ's suffering on the cross].
Source: Revista de Estudios Hispánicos , 31., 1 (Enero 1997):  Pages 93 - 101.
Year of Publication: 1997.
3. Record Number: 1855
Author(s): Wulstan, David.
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Title : Decadal Songs in the "Cantigas de Santa Maria" [argues that the songs which appear at every tenth number are set off, not only because they are "cantigas de loor" rather than narratives, but also because they share structural elements, rhythms, and melodies that come from Galician traditions].
Source: Bulletin of the Cantigueiros de Santa Maria , 8., (Spring 1996):  Pages 35 - 58.
Year of Publication: 1996.
4. Record Number: 1852
Author(s): Kay, Sarah.
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Title : Holy Mary Intervenes for the Clergy in the "Cantigas" of Alfonso X and in the "Milagros" of Berceo: Observations Concerning the Implicit Audience
Source: Bulletin of the Cantigueiros de Santa Maria , 8., (Spring 1996):  Pages 3 - 13.
Year of Publication: 1996.
5. Record Number: 1633
Author(s): Karkov, Catherine E.
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Title : Protected Sex: A New Look at the "Cantigas de Santa María" [analysis of the various kinds of sexual activities and the Virgin Mary's actions of punishment, forgivness, and protection].
Source: Romance Languages Annual , 8., ( 1996):  Pages 561 - 572.
Year of Publication: 1996.
6. Record Number: 1853
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Title : Berceo's "Milagros" and the "Cantigas de Santa Maria" : The Question of Intended Audience [The author argues, based on the inter-Church political concerns of many of the miracles, that Berceo primarily addressed monastics and clergy].
Source: Bulletin of the Cantigueiros de Santa Maria , 8., (Spring 1996):  Pages 15 - 29.
Year of Publication: 1996.
7. Record Number: 1856
Author(s): Kinkade, Richard P.
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Title : Don Juan Manuel's Father, Infante Manuel, in the "Cantigas de Santa María" [analysis of the historical content in Cantigas 366, 376, and 382 which concern Infante Manuel].
Source: Bulletin of the Cantigueiros de Santa Maria , 8., (Spring 1996):  Pages 59 - 75.
Year of Publication: 1996.
8. Record Number: 1621
Author(s): Gonz‡lez-Casanovas, Roberto J.
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Title : Gender Models in Alfonso X's 'Siete partidas': The Sexual Politics of 'Nature' and 'Society' [this interpretation based on historicist theories looks at the "Siete Partidas" as a literary creation and a social utopia].
Source: Desire and Discipline: Sex and Sexuality in the Premodern West.   Edited by Jacqueline Murray and Konrad Eisenbichler .   University of Toronto Press, 1996. Bulletin of the Cantigueiros de Santa Maria , 8., (Spring 1996):  Pages 42 - 60.
Year of Publication: 1996.
9. Record Number: 1686
Author(s): Kulp-Hill, Kathleen.
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Title : The Captions to the Miniatures of the "Codice Rico" of the "Cantigas de Santa Maria," a Translation [English Translation of the captions for the 194 "cantigas"].
Source: Bulletin of the Cantigueiros de Santa Maria , 7., (Spring 1995):  Pages 3 - 64.
Year of Publication: 1995.
10. Record Number: 3009
Author(s): Segura Graiño, Cristina.
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Title : Participación de las Mujeres en el Poder Político
Source: Anuario de Estudios Medievales , 25., 2 ( 1995):  Pages 449 - 462.
Year of Publication: 1995.
11. Record Number: 1687
Author(s): Schaffer, Martha E.
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Title : Marginal Notes in the Toledo Manuscript of Alfonso El Sabio's "Cantigas de Santa Maria": Observations on Composition, Correction, Compilation, and Performance [author argues that the manuscript was used as a performance copy].
Source: Bulletin of the Cantigueiros de Santa Maria , 7., (Spring 1995):  Pages 65 - 84.
Year of Publication: 1995.
12. Record Number: 3277
Author(s): Marchand, James W. and Spurgeon Baldwin
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Title : Singers of the Virgin in Thirteenth-Century Spain
Source: Bulletin of Hispanic Studies , 71., 2 (April 1994):  Pages 169 - 184.
Year of Publication: 1994.
13. Record Number: 4632
Author(s): Carpenter, Dwayne E.
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Title : A Sorcerer Defends the Virgin: Merlin in the "Cantigas de Santa Maria" [in "Cantiga 108" Merlin disputes the Incarnation with a Jew; the Virgin punishes the Jew by giving him a deformed son who serves as an instrument to convert many Jews].
Source: Bulletin of the Cantigueiros de Santa Maria , 5., (Spring 1993):  Pages 5 - 24.
Year of Publication: 1993.
14. Record Number: 6242
Author(s): Kelly, H. Ansgar.
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Title : Medieval Relations, Marital and Other [The author reviews a monograph by Marilyn Stone, "Marriage and Friendship in Medieval Spain," and a collection of essays, "The Olde Daunce: Love, Friendship, Sex, and Marriage in the Medieval World"].
Source: Medievalia et Humanistica New Series , 19., ( 1993):  Pages 133 - 146.
Year of Publication: 1993.
15. Record Number: 10007
Author(s): Kinkade, Richard P.
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Title : Alfonso X, "Cantiga 235," and the Events of 1269-1278 ["Cantiga 235," one of hundreds of lyrics Alfonso wrote in praise of the Virgin Mary, gives a broad historical perspective on the poet’s reign as King of Castile. While the poem praises Mary throughout, it also chronicles a series of personal betrayals and gives insight into the king’s own ill health and suffering. The article includes a detailed account of the major events in Alfonso’s reign, including the execution of his own brother on the charge of sodomy. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Speculum , 67., 2 (April 1992):  Pages 284 - 323.
Year of Publication: 1992.
16. Record Number: 4630
Author(s): González-Casanovas, R. J.
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Title : Marian Devotion as Gendered Discourse in Berceo and Alfonso X: Popular Reception of the "Milagros" and "Cantigas" [the author compares two miracle stories that appear in both Berceo and Alfonso X, "The Marvelous Birth" and "The Drunk Monk;" the author argues that gender plays a major role for both authors, with Berceo transforming the Virgin Mary into a cultural icon of chivalry, while Alfonso "reintroduces the maternal imagery into his 'Cantigas de Santa Maria' in such a way that it humanizes the effects of an embodied devotion and socializes the effects of a spiritualized courtesy" (Page 23)].
Source: Bulletin of the Cantigueiros de Santa Maria , 4., (Spring 1992):  Pages 17 - 31.
Year of Publication: 1992.
17. Record Number: 11817
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Title : Cantigas d'escarnho and "serranillas": The Allegory of Careless Love [Sexually explicit texts that parodied literary works of courtly poets (like Bernart de Ventadorn) or obscene poems that satirized medical texts could serve legitimate purposes. Obscene literature participated in an interpretive network alongside other types of texts. Whether directly or indirectly (through allegory, allusion, or double entendre), these texts commented upon or critiqued the themes of more prestigious genres like courtly literature. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Bulletin of Hispanic Studies , 68., 2 (April 1991):  Pages 247 - 263.
Year of Publication: 1991.
18. Record Number: 10692
Author(s): Hult, David F.
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Title : Epigraphs as a Clue to the Conceptualization and Organization of the "Cantigas de Santa Maria" [The article studies the prose epigraphs in the "Cantigas de Santa Maria" to elucidate the organization and design of the poem,showing that Alfonso aims to develop and sustain a focus on Mary as a subject and even "heroine" of the poem. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Corónica , 19., 2 (Spring 1991):  Pages 57 - 88.
Year of Publication: 1991.
19. Record Number: 12675
Author(s): Haboucha, Reginetta.
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Title : Clerics, Their Wives, and Their Concubines in the "Partidas" of Alfonso el Sabio [The author focuses on the women, wives and concubines, caught between the demands of the reforming church and their priest-husbands. In general the women were punished more harshly (banished to monasteries, sold into slavery, or worse), while priests had their punishments revoked once they repented. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Homo Carnalis: The Carnal Aspect of Medieval Human Life.   Edited by Helen Rodite Lemay Acta .   Center for Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies, State University of New York at Binghamton, 1990. Corónica , 19., 2 (Spring 1991):  Pages 85 - 104. Papers presented at a conference held at the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1987
Year of Publication: 1990.
20. Record Number: 35959
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Title : Cantiga 7 The pregnant abbess
Source: Corónica , 19., 2 (Spring 1991):
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21. Record Number: 36069
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Title : Cantiga 105 How the wicked bridegroom planned to do something and committed a shameful deed
Source: Corónica , 19., 2 (Spring 1991):
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22. Record Number: 36070
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Title : Cantiga 107 The Jewish woman who was thrown from a cliff
Source: Corónica , 19., 2 (Spring 1991):
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23. Record Number: 36267
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Title : Muslim women playing chess
Source: Corónica , 19., 2 (Spring 1991):
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