Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


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1. Record Number: 2426
Author(s): Putter, Ad
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Title : Tranvestite Knights in Medieval Life and Literature [men dress as women both in real-life tournaments and in such romances as "Meraugais de Portlesguez," Malory's "Sir Tristram," "Witasse le Moine," and "Claris et Laris"; the author argues that these situations serve to emphasize the cross-dressing hero's masculinity and make a joke of inept characters].
Source: Becoming Male in the Middle Ages.   Edited by Jeffrey Jerome Cohen and Bonnie Wheeler .   Garland Publishing, 1997.  Pages 279 - 302.
Year of Publication: 1997.
2. Record Number: 10798
Author(s): Poe, Elizabeth Wilson.
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Title : The Problem of the Tournament in "Chaitivel" [The article reconsiders the disjointed narrative in the understudied “Chaitivel,” suggesting that Marie intentionally creates an illogical story in order to critique the pointlessness and destructiveness of the courtly tournament. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: In Quest of Marie de France: A Twelfth-Century Poet.   Edited by Chantal A. Marechal .   Edwin Mellen Press, 1992.  Pages 175 - 192.
Year of Publication: 1992.
3. Record Number: 16592
Author(s): Solterer, Helen.
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Title : Figures of Female Militancy in Medieval France [The article discusses the sexual dimensions of medieval tournaments, and shows that the gender roles enforced by chivalry do not change much when women are represented as warriors and combatants. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society (Full Text via JSTOR) 16, 3 (Spring 1991): 522-549. Link Info
Year of Publication: 1991.
4. Record Number: 23432
Author(s): Knighton, Henry
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Title : Tournaments and Transvestites (1348) [From Chronicle]
Source: The Broadview Book of Medieval Anecdotes.   Edited by Richard Kay, compiler .   Broadview Press, 1988.  Pages 282 - 283.
Year of Publication: 1988.
5. Record Number: 28931
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Title : Siege of Castle of Love and Tournament
Source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Casket_with_the_castle_of_love_BM_PE_1856_0623_166.jpg/250px-Casket_with_the_castle_of_love_BM_PE_1856_0623_166.jpg
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6. Record Number: 31855
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Title : Knight Receiving his Helmet from a Lady
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7. Record Number: 38463
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Title : Casket Lid with a scene of the Attack on the Castle of Love
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