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1. Record Number: 10853
Author(s): Keen, Catherine M.
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Title : Sex and the Medieval City: Viewing the Body Politic from Exile in Early Italian Verse [Keen examines poems by four authors in exile (Dante, Cino da Pistoia, Pietro dei Faitinelli, and Niccolò del Rosso) in which the natal city is depicted as a beautiful woman; sometimes she is to be pitied, but other times she is hateful. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

Source: Troubled Vision: Gender, Sexuality, and Sight in Medieval Text and Image. Edited by Emma Campbell and Robert Mills . Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. Pages 155 - 171.
Year of Publication: 2004.

2. Record Number: 10905
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Title : Two Capetian Queens as the Foreground for an Aristocrats's Anxiety in the "Vie de Saint Louis" [The author argues that Joinville's text is really about his own qualities in comparison to the king's. His close relationship with the queen Margaret emphasizes the political side of the barons in their struggle with the monarchy. It also demonstrates Joinville's admirable qualities compared to the king's strange coldness toward his wife and children. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

Source: Capetian Women. Edited by Kathleen Nolan . Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. Pages 163 - 176.
Year of Publication: 2003.

3. Record Number: 9051
Author(s): Marvin, Julia.
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Title : Albine and Isabelle: Regicidal Queens and the Historical Imagination of the Anglo-Norman Prose "Brut" Chronicles [The author argues that the prose continuators of the "Brut," particularly the author of the "Long Continuation," draw connections between Albine, the rebellious daughter of a noble king who kills her royal husband and is exiled to a distant isle that she names Albion, and Queen Isabella of France, who plotted with Roger Mortimer to kill her husband, King Edward II, and usurp his power. The Appendix presents an edition of the prose prologue to the "Long Version" of the Anglo-Norman prose "Brut" with a facing page English translation. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

Source: Arthurian Literature , 18., ( 2001): Pages 143 - 191.
Year of Publication: 2001.

4. Record Number: 13638
Author(s): Ion, Despina.
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Title : Politique matrimoniale et stratégies narratives dans "Garin le Loheren" [The author explores the marriage exchanges made by the king, Pippin, which sometimes favor the noble men from Lorraine and sometimes instead help their rivals, the nobles from Bordeaux. There is a great deal of maneuvering with the group from Bordeaux declaring matches invalid. Marriage is generally with a higher ranked woman which confers status and resources on the new husband. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

Source: L' Épopée romane au moyen âge et aux temps modernes: Actes du XIVe Congrès International de la Société Rencesvals pour l' étude des épopées romanes: Naples, 24-30 juillet 1997. 2 volumes. Edited by Salvatore Luongo . Fridericiana Editrice Universitaria, 2001. Arthurian Literature , 18., ( 2001): Pages 247 - 265.
Year of Publication: 2001.

5. Record Number: 6022
Author(s): Wailes, Stephen L.
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Title : Beyond Virginity: Flesh and Spirit in the Plays of Hrotsvit of Gandersheim [The author argues that the theme of Hrotsvit's plays is the flesh versus the spirit not virginity as many earlier critics have maintained. The author uses the heroines' names for the titles of four of the plays ("Agape, Chiona, and Hurena" in place of "Dulcitius"; "Drusiana" in place of "Calimachus"; "Maria" in place of "Abraham"; and "Thais" in place of "Pafnutius") while the author retains the traditional titles for "Gallicanus" and "Sapientia".]

Source: Speculum , 76., 1 ( 2001): Pages 1 - 27. Full-text of Dulcitus and Gallicanus in English (from the Medieval Sourcebook).
Year of Publication: 2001.

6. Record Number: 7201
Author(s): Léglu, Catherine.
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Title : Did Women Perform Satirical Poetry? "Trobairitz" and "Soldadeiras" in Medieval Occitan Poetry [The author argues that women performed some satirical and political poems before audiences. Modern scholars have been slow to recognize women's roles as performers, particularly in the case of these poems that do not concern love, the topic deemed by scholars to be most suitable for women. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

Source: Forum for Modern Language Studies , 37., 1 (January 2001): Pages 15 - 25.
Year of Publication: 2001.

7. Record Number: 8666
Author(s): Olsen, Karin.
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Title : Cynewulf's Elene: From Empress to Saint [The author explores some of the themes in Cynewulf's poem about Saint Helen. These include the literary portrayal of women with power, the figure of the pious and chaste female leader who needs to follow a male commander, parallels with real-life female rulers like Aethelflaed, and Elene's emotional problems including her irrationality and difficulties controlling her temper. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

Source: Germanic Texts and Latin Models: Medieval Reconstructions. Edited by K. E. Olsen, A. Harbus, and T. Hofstra . Based on papers presented at an international conference held July 1-3, 1998 at the University of Groningen. Peeters, 2001. Forum for Modern Language Studies , 37., 1 (January 2001): Pages 141 - 156.
Year of Publication: 2001.

8. Record Number: 5058
Author(s): McFadden, Brian.
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Title : Sleeping After the Feast: Deathbeds, Marriage Beds, and the Power Structure of Heorot

Source: Neophilologus , 84., 4 (October 2000): Pages 629 - 646.
Year of Publication: 2000.

9. Record Number: 4779
Author(s): Jestice, Phyllis G.
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Title : Eternal Flame: State Formation, Deviant Architecture, and the Monumentality of Same-Sex Eroticism in the "Roman d'Eneas" ["My argument in this essay has been that in the heteronormative sexual and political economy of early Old French romance we can reclaim the disrputive effects of dialogism and desire, as well as the potentially subversive trace of the silencing of the other (a rhetorical strategy that is itself far from silent) in the historical process of state formation and in the ongoing processes of constructing national political identities." Page 310].

Source: GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies (Full Text via Project Muse) 6, 2 (2000): 287-319. Link Info
Year of Publication: 2000.

10. Record Number: 4254
Author(s): Galloway, Andrew.
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Title : Word-Play and Political Satire: Solving the Riddle of the Text of "Jezebel" [The author suggests that "Jezebel" is a political satire against Cnut and his concubine, Aelfgifu, and was written at the Norman court].

Source: Medium Aevum , 68., 2 ( 1999): Pages 189 - 208.
Year of Publication: 1999.

11. Record Number: 4212
Author(s): Blumenfeld-Kosinski, Renate.
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Title : Enemies Within/ Enemies Without: Threats to the Body Politic in Christine de Pizan

Source: Medievalia et Humanistica New Series , 26., ( 1999): Pages 1 - 15. Special issue: Civil Strife and National Identity in the Middle Ages.
Year of Publication: 1999.

12. Record Number: 2096
Author(s): Black, Nancy.
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Title : The Politics of Romance in Jean Maillart's "Roman du Comte d'Anjou" [argues that Maillart, as royal secretary, had a concern for political stability ; his story of a falsely accused noblewoman was, in part, an effort to rehabilitate Jeanne de Bourgogne who was compromised by the adultery of her sisters-in-law].

Source: French Studies , 51., 2 (April 1997): Pages 129 - 137.
Year of Publication: 1997.

13. Record Number: 20979
Author(s): Zatta, Jane Dick
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Title : Gender, Love, and Sex as Political Theory? Romance in Geffrei Gaimar's Anglo-Norman Chronicle [The author examines three episodes in Gaimar's "Estoire," Haveloc and his wife Argentille, the rape of Buern Bucecarle's wife by the king, and the love of King Edgar for Elftroed despite the betrayal by his vassal. In each case Gaimar draws parallels between erotic love and the loyalty, affection, and mutual consent of feudal relations. Gaimar establishes a secular and aristocratic ethos in contrast to the differing viewpoints in texts sponsored by royal and ecclesiastical patrons. Title note supplied by Feminae.]

Source: Mediaevalia , 21., 2 ( 1997): Pages 249 - 280.
Year of Publication: 1997.

14. Record Number: 1694
Author(s): Autrand, Françoise.
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Title : Mémoire et cérémonial : la visite de l'empereur Charles IV à Paris en 1378 d'après les "Grandes Chroniques de France" et Christine de Pizan

Source: Une femme de Lettres au Moyen Age: Études autour de Christine de Pizan. Edited by Liliane Dulac and Bernard Ribémont . Paradigme, 1995. Mediaevalia , 21., 2 ( 1997): Pages 91 - 103.
Year of Publication: 1995.

15. Record Number: 1693
Author(s): Cerquiglini- Toulet, Jacqueline.
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Title : Sexualité et Politique : le mythe d'Actéon chez Christine de Pizan

Source: Une femme de Lettres au Moyen Age: Études autour de Christine de Pizan. Edited by Liliane Dulac and Bernard Ribémont . Paradigme, 1995. Mediaevalia , 21., 2 ( 1997): Pages 83 - 90.
Year of Publication: 1995.

16. Record Number: 1695
Author(s): Gauvard, Claude.
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Title : Christine de Pizan et ses contemporains : l'engagement politique des écrivains dans le royaume de France aux XIVe et XVe siècles

Source: Une femme de Lettres au Moyen Age: Études autour de Christine de Pizan. Edited by Liliane Dulac and Bernard Ribémont . Paradigme, 1995. Mediaevalia , 21., 2 ( 1997): Pages 105 - 128.
Year of Publication: 1995.

17. Record Number: 1688
Author(s): Dulac, Liliane.
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Title : L'autorité dans les traités en prose de Christine de Pizan : discours d'écrivain, parole de prince

18. Record Number: 1692
Author(s): Brownlee, Kevin.
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Title : Hector and Penthesilea in the "Livre de la Mutacion de Fortune" : Christine de Pizan and the Politics of Myth

Source: Une femme de Lettres au Moyen Age: Études autour de Christine de Pizan. Edited by Liliane Dulac and Bernard Ribémont . Paradigme, 1995. Mediaevalia , 21., 2 ( 1997): Pages 69 - 82.
Year of Publication: 1995.

19. Record Number: 1705
Author(s): Picherit, Jean- Louis G.
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Title : Les références pathologiques et thérapeutiques dans l'oeuvre de Christine de Pizan [discusses metaphors in Christine's works including sickness as a symbol for love, the King as a physician who heals the body politic, and war as a contagious disease].

Source: Une femme de Lettres au Moyen Age: Études autour de Christine de Pizan. Edited by Liliane Dulac and Bernard Ribémont . Paradigme, 1995. Mediaevalia , 21., 2 ( 1997): Pages 233 - 244.
Year of Publication: 1995.

20. Record Number: 3562
Author(s): Baswell, Christopher.
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Title : Men in the "Roman d'Eneas": The Construction of Empire [the author argues that the "Roman d'Eneas" is a controlled political and social work that confronts important issues in Angevin society including emergent manhood, patriarchal imperialism, and the limits of feminine power].

Source: Medieval Masculinities: Regarding Men in the Middle Ages. Edited by Clare A. Lees with the assistance of Thelma Fenster and Jo Ann McNamara Medieval Cultures, 7. University of Minnesota Press, 1994. Mediaevalia , 21., 2 ( 1997): Pages 149 - 168.
Year of Publication: 1994.

21. Record Number: 3560
Author(s): Spiegel, Harriet.
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Title : The Male Animal in the "Fables" of Marie de France [The author explores both female and male worlds in both the public and private spheres].

22. Record Number: 5335
Author(s): O'Brien, Dennis J.
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Title : Warrior Queen: The Character of Zenobia According to Giovanni Boccaccio, Christine de Pizan, and Sir Thomas Elyot [The author argues that Boccaccio describes Zenobia in misogynistic terms, while Christine de Pizan emphasizes her moral intergrity and natural skills at politics and governing].

Source: Medieval Perspectives , 8., ( 1993): Pages 53 - 68.
Year of Publication: 1993.

23. Record Number: 1513
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Title : Women Writers and Women Rulers: Rhetorical and Political Empowerment in the Fifteenth Century

Source: Women in German Yearbook , 9., ( 1993): Pages 25 - 48.
Year of Publication: 1993.

24. Record Number: 6430
Author(s): Paden, Michael.
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Title : Elissa: La Ghibellina del "Decameron" [the "Decameron" reflects the political divisions of Florence and Italy as a whole; one character, Elissa, represents the Ghibelline (Pro-Imperial) viewpoint; Elissa's stories with political themes earn a satirical response from Dioneo; eventually Elissa learns to compromise with her companihttps://inpress.lib.uiowa.edu/feminae/ArticleOfTheMonth.aspxons toward the rebuilding of society].

Source: Rivista di Studi Italiani , 11., 2 (Dicembre 1993): Pages 1 - 12.
Year of Publication: 1993.

25. Record Number: 10381
Author(s): Richards, Earl Jeffrey.
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Title : Christine de Pizan, the Conventions of Courtly Diction, and Italian Humanism [Christine dramatically transformed French poetic conventions through the influence of Italian humanist literary culture. The author argues that Christine prefers the models of eloquence offered by Italian poets like Dante and Petrarch over those offered by the French tradition (including the “Roman de la Rose” and Guillaume Machaut’s poetry). Christine’s writings offer a revolutionary political vision, espousing a unifying ideology of French nationalism over class division. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

Source: Reinterpreting Christine de Pizan. Edited by Earl Jeffrey Richards, Joan Williamson, Nadia Margolis, and Christine Reno . University of Georgia Press, 1992. Rivista di Studi Italiani , 11., 2 (Dicembre 1993): Pages 250 - 271.
Year of Publication: 1992.

26. Record Number: 11117
Author(s): Leppig, Linda.
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Title : The Political Rhetoric of Christine de Pizan: "Lamentation sur les maux de la guerre civile [Christine addresses the Duke of Berry, calling on him to abandon his allegiance to the Duke of Orléans and seek peace for the good of the French people. Leppig argues that Christine combines elements from two literary forms, the "complainte" and the epistle, in order to excite pity and, at the same time, reproach those in the ruling elite she held responsible. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

Source: Politics, Gender, and Genre: The Political Thought of Christine de Pizan. Edited by Margaret Brabant . Westview Press, 1992. Rivista di Studi Italiani , 11., 2 (Dicembre 1993): Pages 141 - 156.
Year of Publication: 1992.

27. Record Number: 11215
Author(s): Winstead, Karen A.
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Title : Piety, Politics, and Social Commitment in Capgrave’s "Life of St. Katherine" [Capgrave radically changes old conventions of sacred biographies by creating a new saint’s life. Interested in political, historical, and personal frameworks for martyrdom, Capgrave explores the saint’s limitations as a human and examines how her earth-bound social status affects her public involvement in the secular world. This worldly shift in the representation of the female martyr protagonist reflects the poet’s need to appeal to bourgeois women who were the primary audience for saint’s lives and pious tales. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

Source: Medievalia et Humanistica , 17., ( 1991): Pages 59 - 80.
Year of Publication: 1991.