Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 7302
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Brown , Cynthia J.
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  • Title: A Late Medieval Cultural Artifact: "The Twelve Ladies of Rhetoric" ("Les Douze Dames de Rhétorique")
  • Source: Allegorica 16, ( 1995): Pages 73 - 105.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Edition of Text;Journal Article;Translation
  • Subject (See Also): Allegory Chastellain, Georges, Author, and Jean Robertet, Author- Douze Dames de Rhetorique Literature- Verse Rhetoric Translation Women in Literature
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  • Geographic Area: France
  • Century: 15
  • Primary Evidence: Manuscript; Bruxelles, Bibliothèque Royale, II 6977. The author provides a transcription and facing page English translation of the section referred to as the "Enseignes des Douze Dames." These are twelve self- descriptions of the ladies of rhetoric including such fi
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  • Author's Affiliation: University of California, Santa Barbara
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  • Year of Publication: 1995.
  • Language: English;French
  • ISSN/ISBN: 03632377