Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 19606
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Clear , Matthew J.
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  • Title: Maria of Hungary as Queen, Patron, and Exemplar [The author considers Mary of Hungary's areas of influence including her role as regent ("vicar") during her husband's absences, her economic resources for political and religious activities, and her importance to her many family members as a support and a role model. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
  • Source: The Church of Santa Maria Donna Regina: Art, Iconography, and Patronage in Fourteenth-Century Naples.  Edited by Janis Elliott and Cordelia Warr.  Ashgate, 2004.  Pages 45 - 60.
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  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Economics Mary of Hungary, Wife of Charles II of Anjou, King of Naples Naples, Napoli, Italy- Church of Santa Maria Donna Regina Patronage, Artistic Patronage, Ecclesiastical Politics Queens Regents
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  • Geographic Area: Italy
  • Century: 13- 14
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  • Illustrations: Eight figures. Figure One (Seventeen in book) Tino di Camaino, "Gisant of Queen Mary," detail of the Tomb of Mary of Hungary. Figure Two (Eighteen in book) Simone Martini, "Saint Louis of Toulouse," tempera on panel, circa 1317 (Naples, Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte). The following figures are referred to in the text but are located in other sections of the book. Figure 16 Cristoforo Orimina, "Genealogy of the Angevin Rulers," Bible of Malines, circa 1340 (Louvain, Bibl. Fac. Theol. Ms. 1, fol. 4). Figure 19 Tino di Camaino, "Angel Presenting a Model of Santa Maria Donna Regina," detail of the Tomb of Mary of Hungary. Figure 21 Tino di Camaino, "Gisant of Queen Mary" from above, detail of the Tomb of Mary of Hungary. Plate 4 "Insula" of Santa Maria Donna Regina shown on an eleventh-century plan of Naples (after Capasso) (in color). Plate 9 Tino di Camaino, Tomb of Mary of Hungary (in color). Plate 10 Tino di Camaino, Sculpture of Louis of Toulouse, detail from the Tomb of Mary of Hungary (in color).
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  • Year of Publication: 2004.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 0754634779