Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 2618
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Walker , Rose.
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  • Title: Images of Royal and Aristocratic Burial in Northern Spain, c. 950- c. 1250 [the author points out that the most successful efforts toward "memoria" were made by a united and strong royal couple and put into the hands of a female foundation; the two outstanding examples of royal pantheons are San Isidoro at León (built by King Fernando I and Queen Sancha with the subsequent support of their daughter Urraca) and Las Huelgas (built by King Alfonso VIII and Queen Eleanor)].
  • Source: Medieval Memories: Men, Women, and the Past, 700-1300.  Edited by Elisabeth van Houts.  Women and Men in History Series. Longman, 2001.  Pages 150 - 172.
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  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Art History- General Burials Commemoration Kings Memory Queens
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  • Geographic Area: Iberia
  • Century: 10- 11- 12- 13
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  • Table: Four tables. Table One Genealogy of the rulers of Asturias and León from Alfonso I, reigned 739- 757, to Vermudo III, reigned 1027- 1037. Table Two Genealogy of the rulers of Navarre from Sancho Garcés I, reigned 905- 925, to Sancho Garcia IV, reigned 1054- 1076. Table Three Genealogy of the rulers of Castile from Fernán Gonzalez, died 970, to García Sanchez III, died 1054. Table Four Genealogy of the rulers of León and Castile from Fernando I, reigned 1037- 1065, to Fernando III, reigned 1217- 1252.
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  • Author's Affiliation: Courtauld Institute, London
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  • Year of Publication: 2001.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 0582369029