Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


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1. Record Number: 5468
Author(s): Mayeski, Marie Anne and Jane Crawford
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Title : Reclaiming an Ancient Story: Baudonivia's "Life of St. Radegunde" (circa 525- 587) [The author argues that while Radegunde founded a monastery in Poitiers where women were safe and where learning was encouraged, she did not give up her obligations as queen for a public and active role in the wellbeing of her people; an English translation of Baudonivia's "Life of Radegunde" by Jane Crawford follows on pages 89- 106].
Source: Women Saints in World Religions.   Edited by Arvind Sharma .   State University of New York Press, 2000.  Pages 71 - 88.
Year of Publication: 2000.
2. Record Number: 3138
Author(s): Coates, Simon.
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Title : Regendering Radegund? Fortunatus, Baudonivia, and the Problem of Female Sanctity in Merovingian Gaul [The author argues against drawing strict lines based on gender stereotypes; Fortunatus and Baudonivia emphasized a religious ideal based upon the rejection of sexuality].
Source: Gender and Christian religion: papers read at the 1996 Summer Meeting and the 1997 Winter Meeting of the Ecclesiastical History Society.   Edited by R. N. Swanson Studies in Church History, 34.  1998.  Pages 37 - 50.
Year of Publication: 1998.
3. Record Number: 15607
Author(s): Schulenburg, Jane Tibbetts.
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Title : Saints' Lives as a Source for the History of Women, 500-1100 The author argues that saints' lives are still a relatively underutilized source for the early Middle Ages generally and for women's history in particular. The lives convey social values, collective mentalities, and much indirect information on women's experience. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Medieval Women and the Sources of Medieval History.   Edited by Joel T. Rosenthal .   University of Georgia Press, 1990.  Pages 285 - 320.
Year of Publication: 1990.