Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 22758
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Bisanti , Armando
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  • Title: Donne Biliche e "mondo alla rovescia" nei "Carmina Burana" 6 e 39 ["Carmina Burana" 6 plays off the Biblical pairs Rachel and Leah, Mary and Martha. The pairs are used to distinguish the contemplative from the active life and the Church from the Synagogue. The poem says it is useless to choose between different ways of life in an age of decay. Title note supplied by Feminae.]
  • Source: Mittellateinisches Jahrbuch 30, 2 ( 1995): Pages 61 - 75.
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  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Carmina Burana Latin Literature Leah (Biblical Figure) Literature- Verse Martha and Mary (Biblical Figures) Rachel (Biblical Figure)
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  • Geographic Area: General
  • Century: 13
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  • Year of Publication: 1995.
  • Language: Italian
  • ISSN/ISBN: 00769762