Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 20282
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Deliyannis , Deborah Mauskopf.
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  • Title: Bury me in Ravenna? Appropriating Galla Placidia's Body in the Middle Ages [The author argues that twelfth and thirteenth century writers in Ravenna emphasized the importance of Empress Galla Placidia and her supposed burial site. In so doing they sought to glorify the city's importance during troubled political times. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
  • Source: Studi Medievali 42, 1 (Giugno 2001): Pages 289 - 299.
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  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Burials Empresses Galla Placidia, Wife of Constantius, Roman Emperor, and Regent for her son, Valentinian III Historiography Memory Politics Ravenna, Ravenna Italy
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  • Geographic Area: Italy
  • Century: 5, 9, 12- 13
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  • Year of Publication: 2001.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 03918467