Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


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  • Title: Introduction: The Eleanor Crosses and Royal Burial Customs [The author shows that Edward I’s decisions regarding Eleanor’s remains drew on a number of funerary practices that had developed in France and England during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
  • Source: Eleanor of Castile 1290-1990: Essays to Commemorate the 700th Anniversary of her death: 28 November 1290.  Edited by David Parsons.  Paul Watkins, 1991.  Pages 9 - 22.
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  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Art History- Sculpture Burials Commemoration Crosses and Crucifixes Eleanor Crosses Eleanor of Castile, Queen- Consort of Edward I, King of England Queens
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  • Geographic Area: British Isles;France
  • Century: 12-13
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  • Year of Publication: 1991.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 1871615984