Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 9109
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Skinner , Patricia.
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  • Title: Gender and Memory in Medieval Italy [the author provides a brief overview of male and female figures cited in chronicles; she then moves on to consider how the reputation of women rulers could be easily tarnished and concludes with the connections between memory and women in the family and in hagiography].
  • Source: Medieval Memories: Men, Women, and the Past, 700-1300.  Edited by Elisabeth van Houts.  Women and Men in History Series. Longman, 2001.  Pages 36 - 52.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Chronicles Gender Honor Memory Reputation Witnesses
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  • Geographic Area: Italy
  • Century: 11- 12- 13- 14
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  • Author's Affiliation: University of Southampton
  • Conference Info: - , -
  • Year of Publication: 2001.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 0582369029