Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


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1. Record Number: 45743
Author(s): Mac Shamhráin, Ailbhe,
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Title : Aífe (Aoife, Eva)
Source: Dictionary of Irish Biography   Edited by James McGuire and James Quinn .   Cambridge University Press, 2009. Available open access from the Dictionary of Irish Biography, a project of the Royal Irish Academy: https://www.dib.ie/biography/aife-aoife-eva-a0069
Year of Publication: 2009.
2. Record Number: 14741
Author(s): Haycock, Marged.
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Title : Sy abl fodd, Sibli fain: Sibyl in Medieval Wales [The author analyzes two different instances of the Sibyl figure in Welsh literature. The first examples come from two thirteenth century Welsh translations of the Latin Tiburtine oracles, "Breuddwyd Sibli" and "Proffwydoliaeth Sibli Ddoeth." The second example is drawn from a poem by the female poet Gwerful Mechain who countered Ieuan Dyfi's misogynist complaint by recounting the lives of brave women capped by the Sibyl. Haycock suggests that Gwerful may have taken the example of the Sibyl as a female forerunner to legitimize her public writing. Title note supplied by Feminae.]
Source:   Edited by Joseph Falaky Nagy and Leslie Ellen Jones Celtic Studies Association of North America (CSANA) Yearbook , 3-4., ( 2005):  Pages 115 - 130. Heroic Poets and Poetic Heroes in Celtic Tradition: A Festschrift for Patrick K. Ford. Edited by Joseph Falaky Nagy and Leslie Ellen Jones. Four Courts Press, 2005
Year of Publication: 2005.
3. Record Number: 14742
Author(s): Klar, Kathryn A.
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Title : Poetry and Pillowtalk [The author analyzes a scene between Arawn and his queen in the "Mabinogion." He had traded shapes unbeknownst to his wife for a year and is now back at home. The two come to an understanding in exchanges that are reminiscent of poetry. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source:   Edited by Joseph Falaky Nagy and Leslie Ellen Jones Celtic Studies Association of North America (CSANA) Yearbook , 40241., ( 2005):  Pages 239 - 246. Heroic Poets and Poetic Heroes in CelticTradition: A Festschrift for Patrick K. Ford. Edited by Joseph Falaky Nagy and Leslie Ellen Jones. Four Courts Press, 2005
Year of Publication: 2005.
4. Record Number: 11827
Author(s): Manzalaoui, Mahmoud A.
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Title : English Medieval Nunneries: Buildings, Precincts, and Estates [The author surveys both archaeological and textual monastic buildings and estates. Bond concludes that women's houses, unlike men's monasteries, were not distinctive according to religious order. They tend to be poorer and were usually not able to increase their holdings after the twelfth century. Bond describes all the different kinds of buildings involved including churches, gatehouses, cloisters, refectories, bake houses, and barns. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Women and Religion in Medieval England.   Edited by Diana Wood .   Oxbow Books, 2003. Celtic Studies Association of North America (CSANA) Yearbook , 40241., ( 2005):  Pages 46 - 90.
Year of Publication: 2003.
5. Record Number: 11650
Author(s): Cartwright, Jane.
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Title : Virginity and Chastity Tests in Medieval Welsh Prose [The author examines a range of literary texts including the "Fourth Branch of Mabinogi," Welsh law codes, Arthurian tales, and medical texts. In many instances the texts present a false virgin who is revealed through magical or medical texts. She is then often subjected to public humiliation as is the cuckolded husband. Title note supplied by Feminae.]
Source: Medieval Virginities.   Edited by Anke Bernau, Ruth Evans, and Sarah Salih .   Religion and Culture in the Middle Ages series. University of Wales Press; University of Toronto Press, 2003. Celtic Studies Association of North America (CSANA) Yearbook , 40241., ( 2005):  Pages 56 - 79.
Year of Publication: 2003.
6. Record Number: 8511
Author(s): Curley, Michael J.
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Title : Five Lecciones for the Feast of St. Nonita: A Text and its Context [Curley analyzes a set of liturgical lessons for the Welsh Saint Nonita, mother of Saint David. He argues that the author of the text adapted Rhigyfarch's "Vita Sancti David" (circa 1095) to emphasize the saint's mother's actions. The text cannot be dated but it was in circulation by 1458. The text as it comes down was copied by a fifteenth century antiquarian but is not complete. It is particularly valuable because most Welsh service books have not survived. The article concludes with the Latin text and an English translation. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies , 43., (Summer 2002):  Pages 59 - 75.
Year of Publication: 2002.
7. Record Number: 9332
Author(s): Meredith, Gwenn.
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Title : Henry I's Concubines [The author concentrates on the cases of Nest, daughter of the prince of South Wales and grandmother of Giraldus Cambrensis, and Sybil Corbet, daughter of a minor baron. Meredith argues that the women displayed a surprising amount of independence, navigat
Source: Essays in Medieval Studies (Full Text via Project Muse) 19 (2002): 14-28. Link Info
Year of Publication: 2002.
8. Record Number: 7304
Author(s): Stacey, Robin Chapman.
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Title : Divorce, Medieval Welsh Style [The author examines a passage in the "Laws of Women" as it appears in the various Welsh redactions (Iorwerth, Cyfnerth, and Blegywryd) and Latin versions. The passage concerns the division of property between a divorcing man and his wife. The author suggests that the nonsensical divisions indicate a public shaming that would demonstrate the losses soon to be suffered by the man and woman as well as the larger community. The author also suggests that there may be political undertones referring specifically to the troubled marriage of the ruler Llywelyn ap Iorwerth and Joan, illegitimate daughter of John of England. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Speculum , 77., 4 (October 2002):  Pages 1107 - 1127.
Year of Publication: 2002.
9. Record Number: 4807
Author(s): Lloyd-Morgan, Ceridwen.
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Title : The "Querelle des Femmes": A Continuing Tradition in Welsh Women's Literature [the author analyzes a poem by the woman author Gwerful Mechain in which she responds to a diatribe against women by the male poet Ieuan Dyfi; Gwenful Mechain cites women fromWelsh history, the Bible and the classical tradition all who had important achievements].
Source: Medieval Women: Texts and Contexts in Late Medieval Britain. Essays for Felicity Riddy.   Edited by Jocelyn Wogan-Browne, Rosalynn Voaden, Arlyn Diamond, Ann Hutchison, Carol M. Meale, and Lesley Johnson Medieval Women: Texts and Contexts .   Brepols, 2000. Speculum , 77., 4 (October 2002):  Pages 101 - 114.
Year of Publication: 2000.
10. Record Number: 3980
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Title : The Lives of St. Wenefred (BHL 8847-8851) [The author analyzes two "Lives" of the Welsh virgin martyr Wenefred, considering the relationship between the two Latin texts, their origins, and their dates.]
Source: Analecta Bollandiana , 117., 40180 ( 1999):  Pages 89 - 132.
Year of Publication: 1999.
11. Record Number: 2581
Author(s): Winward, Fiona.
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Title : Some Aspects of the Women in "The Four Branches" [analysis of female characters through various life-stages (single women, married women, estranged wives, and mothers); argues that the women display independence and are more memorable than the male characters because they are able to manipulate situations for their own best interests].
Source: Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies , 34., (Winter 1997):  Pages 77 - 106.
Year of Publication: 1997.
12. Record Number: 3997
Author(s): Hemming, Jessica.
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Title : Sellam gestare: Saddle-Bearing Punishments and the Case of Rhiannon
Source: Viator , 28., ( 1997):  Pages 45 - 64.
Year of Publication: 1997.
13. Record Number: 2266
Author(s): Cartwright, Jane.
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Title : The Desire to Corrupt: Convent and Community in Medieval Wales [discusses the number of nunneries in Wales, their population, and economic condition; also considers Welsh social and cutltural attitudes toward women's sexuality and religious devotion as reflected by the Cywyddwyr poets, a group that wrote under aristocratic patronage in the fourteenth century].
Source: Medieval Women in Their Communities.   Edited by Diane Watt .   University of Toronto Press, 1997. Analecta Bollandiana , 117., 40180 ( 1999):  Pages 20 - 48.
Year of Publication: 1997.
14. Record Number: 1752
Author(s): Chamberlayne, Joanna.
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Title : Joan of Kent's Tale: Adultery and Rape in the Age of Chivalry
Source: Medieval Life , 5., (Summer 1996):  Pages 6 - 9.
Year of Publication: 1996.
15. Record Number: 516
Author(s): Hellman, Dara.
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Title : Interdiction and the Imperative Feminine Redress in "Gereint ab Erbin" and "Erec et Enide"
Source: Aestel , 3., ( 1995):  Pages 19 - 33.
Year of Publication: 1995.
16. Record Number: 1201
Author(s): Breeze, Andrew.
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Title : Master John of St. Davids, Adam and Eve, and the Rose Amongst Thorns [discussion of the sources used in the two poems attributed to Master John].
Source: Studia Celtica , 29., ( 1995):  Pages 225 - 235.
Year of Publication: 1995.
17. Record Number: 4189
Author(s): Breeze, Andrew.
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Title : Two Bardic Themes: The Virgin and Child, and "Ave-Eva"
Source: Medium Aevum , 63., 1 ( 1994):  Pages 17 - 33.
Year of Publication: 1994.
18. Record Number: 1238
Author(s): Aronstein, Susan.
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Title : When Arthur Held Court in Caer Llion: Love, Marriage, and the Politics of Centralization in "Gereint" and "Owein"
Source: Viator , 25., ( 1994):  Pages 215 - 228.
Year of Publication: 1994.
19. Record Number: 8579
Author(s): Mitchell, Linda E.
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Title : Noble Widowhood in the Thirteenth Century: Three Generations of Mortimer Widows, 1246-1334 [The author looks at three generations of noble widows in Wales, considering the important roles they held in the public sphere. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Upon My Husband's Death: Widows in the Literature and Histories of Medieval Europe.   Edited by Louise Mirrer Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Civilization .   University of Michigan Press, 1992. Antiquaries Journal , 72., ( 1992):  Pages 169 - 190.
Year of Publication: 1992.
20. Record Number: 10299
Author(s): Edwards, Nancy and Hulse and Tristan Gray
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Title : A Fragment of a Reliquary Casket from Gwytherin, North Wales [The authors discuss a recently rediscovered gable end of the shrine of Saint Gwenfrewi (or Winefride). Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Antiquaries Journal , 72., ( 1992):  Pages 91 - 101.
Year of Publication: 1992.
21. Record Number: 12753
Author(s): Butler, Lawrence and James Graham-Campbell
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Title : A Lost Reliquary Casket from Gwytherin, North Wales [The Church of Saint Winifrid at Gwytherin in North Wales once possessed a richly decorated casket containing the relics of the martyred virgin Saint Winifred (also known as Gwenfrewi or Winefride) of Wales. A drawing of the casket attributed to Edward Lluyd suggests that Winifred’s reliquary was probably produced in the eight or early ninth century and it was influenced by Anglo-Saxon and Irish decorative styles. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Antiquaries Journal , 70., 1 ( 1990):  Pages 40 - 48.
Year of Publication: 1990.