Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index

Record Number: 9091
Author(s)/Creator(s): Westphal , Sarah.
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Title: Bad Girls in the Middle Ages: Gender, Law, and German Literature [The author examines two cases in German literature, that of Calefurnia in the "Sachsenspiegel" and Brunhilt in "Die Mörin," in which women act as advocates in court. While Calefurnia is presented as outrageous and Brunhilt as angry and animal-like, it still suggests that women and women's issues, in particular their seduction and abandonment by men, may merit a public hearing, both in a law court and with an audience listening to poetry. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source URL: Essays in Medieval Studies (Full Text via Project Muse) 19 (2002): 103-119. Link Info target = '_blank'>Essays in Medieval Studies (Full Text via Project Muse) 19 (2002): 103-119. Link Info
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Article Type: Journal Article
Subject (See Also): Anger in Literature Calefurnia (Literary Figure) (Roman Woman Who Misbehaved, Baring Her Genitals in Public, in a Fit of Rage Because She Was Not Allowed to Speak in Court) Customary Law Elke von Repgow, Jurist- Sachsenspiegel Gender Guardians Hermann von
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Geographic Area: Germany
Century: 13, 15
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Author's Affiliation: University of South Carolina
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Year of Publication: 2002.
Language: English
ISSN/ISBN: 10432213