Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index

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1. Record Number: 32554
Author(s): McCall, Timothy
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Title : Brilliant Bodies: Material Culture and the Adornment of Men in North Italy’s Quattrocento Courts

Source: I Tatti Studies in the Italian Renaissance , 16., 1- 2 ( 2013): Pages 445 - 490.
Year of Publication: 2013.

2. Record Number: 12606
Author(s): Starkey, Kathryn.
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Title : “Tristan” Slippers: An Image of Adultery or a Symbol of Marriage? [Leather slippers decorated with iconography apparently representing the adulterous courtly couple Tristan and Isolde were popular in the urban centers of the Low Countries, and these shoes were perhaps given as bridal gifts or in betrothal ceremonies. Although the image of an adulterous couple may not seem appropriate for shoes associated with marriage, other iconography on the slippers (such as an orchard, falcon, chessboard, and literary inscriptions) and contemporary Dutch literature about the Tristan story indicate that the urban public was reappropriating elements of courtly culture. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

Source: Medieval Fabrications: Dress, Textiles, Clothwork, and Other Cultural Imaginings. Edited by E. Jane Burns . Palgrave, 2004. I Tatti Studies in the Italian Renaissance , 16., 1- 2 ( 2013): Pages 35 - 53.
Year of Publication: 2004.

3. Record Number: 4593
Author(s): Harding, Carol E.
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Title : True Lovers: Love and Irony in Murasaki Shikibu and Christine de Pizan [the author examines the love affairs in "Livre du Duc" and the "Tale of Genji," arguing that the authors question the values of courtly life where men have far more choices in love affairs].

Source: Crossing the Bridge: Comparative Essays on Medieval European and Heian Japanese Women Writers. Edited by Barbara Stevenson and Cynthia Ho . Palgrave, 2000. I Tatti Studies in the Italian Renaissance , 16., 1- 2 ( 2013): Pages 153 - 173.
Year of Publication: 2000.

4. Record Number: 12748
Author(s): Al-Heitty, Abd Al-Kareem.
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Title : The Contrasting Spheres of Free Women and Jawari in the Literary Life of the Early Abbasid Caliphate [Women, both bond and free, contributed much to Arabic literary life in the courts of the Abbasid caliphs. The poetry of women poets illustrates the overlapping social spheres occupied by free noble women and jawari (female slaves or prisoners of war) in early Abbasid times. Women of the courts could play active roles in governance and education and also played a crucial role in majalis (courtly social gatherings) by composing and performing poetry or facilitating more serious assemblies for intellectual discussion. However, as the luxury of the court increased and the number of jawari in the court grew, noble born upper class women began to be subjected to more circumscribed social roles and strict moral codes. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

Source: Al-Masåq , 3., ( 1990): Pages 31 - 51.
Year of Publication: 1990.

5. Record Number: 12745
Author(s): Harbison, Craig.
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Title : Sexuality and Social Standing in Jan van Eyck's Arnolfini Double Portrait [The painting of Giovanni Arnolfini and his wife Giovanna Cenami depict the couple holding hands while standing in the bedroom, but the rest of the iconography and inscriptions throughout the image do not necessarily suggest that the double portrait is the visual equivalent of a marriage certificate or contract. The visual representation of husband and wife (including gestures and iconography) is instead a more generalized image of marriage that reflects the importance of fertility and defined sexual roles for men and women. Furthermore, the artist's detailed depiction of domestic space projects the social status, courtly aspirations, and religious values of the merchant class Arnolfini couple. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

Source: Renaissance Quarterly , 43., 2 (Summer 1990): Pages 249 - 291.
Year of Publication: 1990.

6. Record Number: 28840
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Title : May