Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index
Home
What is Feminae?
What's Indexed?
Subjects
Broad Topics
Journals
Essays
All Image Records
Contact Feminae
SMFS
Other Resources
Admin (staff only)
There are 45,227 records currently in Feminae
Quick Search
Advanced Search
Article of the Month
Translation of the Month
Image of the Month
Special Features
Record Number:
5397
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Contributor(s):
Title:
The "Banshenchas" Revisited [both versions, the verse and later prose text, reveal an aristocratic circle that intermarried for political purposes; liberal divorce laws allowed multiple marriages for women as well as men].
Source:
Chattel, Servant, or Citizen: Women's Status in Church, State, and Society. Edited by Mary O' Dowd and Sabine Wichert. Historical Studies 19. Papers Read Before the XXIst Irish Conference of Historians, Held at Queen's University of Belfast, 27-30 May 1993. Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen's University of Belfast, 1995. Pages 70 - 81.
Description:
Article Type:
Essay
Subject
(See Also)
:
Genealogy
Gilla Mo- Dutu Ó Caiside- Banshenchas (Lore of Women)
Ireland
Irish Literature
Literature- Prose
Literature- Verse
Marriage
Noble Women
Politics
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
British Isles
Century:
11-12
Primary Evidence:
Illustrations:
Table:
Three genealogical charts for the families of the Uí Cheinnselaig, Uí Bhriain, and Uí Chonchobair.
Abstract:
Related Resources:
Author's Affiliation:
Conference Info:
- , -
Year of Publication:
1995.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
0853895678