Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


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1. Record Number: 4769
Author(s): Carr, Annemarie Weyl.
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Title : Threads of Authority: The Virgin's Veil in the Middle Ages [because Mary was believed to have been assumed into Heaven, there were only secondary relics of her; mostly these were items of clothing; beginning in Constantinople, these relics were associated with the protection of cities and rulers; similar uses of Marian relics and images for the protection of rulers can be found in the West at least as early as the time of Charlemagne].
Source: Robes and Honor: The Medieval World of Investiture.   Edited by Stewart Gordon .   Palgrave, 2001.  Pages 59 - 93.
Year of Publication: 2001.
2. Record Number: 5656
Author(s): Bausi, Francesco.
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Title : Le Lodi della Madonna nella poesia religiosa di Ugolino Verino [the poet Ugolino Verino wrote many religious poems in Latin; among these is a set of four poems dedicated to the conception, birth, dormition, and assumption of the Virgin Mary; Verino used Biblical and medieval sources, including the "Legenda Aurea," but made little use of classical texts; Marian themes also figure in Verino's poems about Charlemagne and Esther].
Source: Interpres: Rivista di Studi Quattrocenteschi , 18., ( 1999):  Pages 275 - 289.
Year of Publication: 1999.
3. Record Number: 5831
Author(s): Morgan, Leslie Z.
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Title : Berta ai piedi grandi: Historical Figure and Literary Symbol [The author explores the meaning of Berthe's deformed feet as a symbol of evil in the Franco-Italian version of the cycle that explains the necessity for Roland's death].
Source: Olifant , 19., 1- 2 ( 1994):  Pages 37 - 56.
Year of Publication: 1994.