Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 8864
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Alamichel , Marie Françoise.
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  • Title: The Function and Activities of Women in Layamon's "Brut" [The author briefly surveys women's roles in the long epic poem, the "Brut." Women are notable cheifly as mothers. They also have some involvement in politics as peace weavers. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
  • Source: A Wyf Ther Was: Essays in Honour of Paule Mertens-Fonck.  Edited by Juliette Dor.  English Department, University of Liège, 1992.  Pages 11 - 22.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Layamon, Poet- Brut Literature- Verse Women in Literature
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  • Geographic Area: British Isles
  • Century: 13
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  • Author's Affiliation: University of Paris IV- Sorbonne
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  • Year of Publication: 1992.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 2872330046