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Record Number:
13712
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Whitehead , Christiania.
Contributor(s):
Title:
A Fortress and a Shield: The Representation of the Virgin in the "Château d'amour" of Robert Grosseteste
Source:
Writing Religious Women: Female Spiritual and Textual Practices in Late Medieval England. Edited by Denis Renevey and Christiania Whitehead. University of Toronto Press, 2000. Pages 109 - 132.
Description:
Article Type:
Essay
Subject
(See Also)
:
Allegory
Anglo- Norman Literature
Architecture, Image of
Castles, Image of
Literature- Verse
Mary, Virgin, Saint- Cult
Mary, Virgin, Saint in Literature
Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln- Chateau d'Amour
Theology
Virginity
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
British Isles
Century:
13
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Related Resources:
A Fortress and a Shield: The Representation of the Virgin in the Chateau d'amour of Robert Grosseteste by Christiania Whitehead does an excellent job of articulating the conflicting metaphors -- appreciative, castle-like, quasi-divine, regal, judicial --
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Conference Info:
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Year of Publication:
2000.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
0802035175