Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index

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1. Record Number: 28449
Author(s): Nico Ottaviani, Maria Grazia
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Title : Important Ladies and Important Families: Lucrezia Borgia and Caterina Cibo Varano

Source: Medieval Italy, Medieval and Early Modern Women: Essays in Honour of Christine Meek. Edited by Conor Kostick . Four Courts Press, 2010. Pages 276 - 282.
Year of Publication: 2010.

2. Record Number: 14122
Author(s): Franke, Birgit.
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Title : Female Role Models in Tapestries [The author briefly describes some of the tapestries owned or used by Margaret of York and her step-grand-daughter, Margaret of Austria. Frequently a series of tapestries celebrated heroic female figures like Esther, as savior of her people, and Abigail,

Source: Women of Distinction: Margaret of York | Margaret of Austria. Edited by Dagmar Eichberger . Brepols, 2005. Pages 154 - 165.
Year of Publication: 2005.

3. Record Number: 33538
Author(s): Pearson, Andrea G.
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Title : Gendered Subject, Gendered Spectator: Mary Magdalen in the Gaze of Margaret of York

Source: Gesta , 44., 1 ( 2005): Pages 47 - 66.
Year of Publication: 2005.

4. Record Number: 14117
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Title : Margaret of York: The Subtle Influence of a Duchess [The author briefly sketches the life of Margaret of York with an emphasis on her political involvement as well as her support of devotional activities including manuscript production, pilgrimage, and religious reform. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

Source: Women of Distinction: Margaret of York | Margaret of Austria. Edited by Dagmar Eichberger . Brepols, 2005. Pages 42 - 55.
Year of Publication: 2005.

5. Record Number: 14119
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Title : Women and Diplomacy [The author briefly surveys the involvement of Hapsburg women in diplomacy. For Margaret of York, her efforts in negotiations with her brother and the English court fulfilled her husband's needs. Title note supplied by Feminae.]

Source: Women of Distinction: Margaret of York | Margaret of Austria. Edited by Dagmar Eichberger . Brepols, 2005. Pages 96 - 101.
Year of Publication: 2005.

6. Record Number: 14120
Author(s): Welzel, Barbara.
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Title : Widowhood: Margaret of York and Margaret of Austria [The author briefly discusses the two women's roles as protectors of their country. They are sometimes figured as the Biblical Judith, but in portraits Margaret of York is represented as a married woman. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

Source: Women of Distinction: Margaret of York | Margaret of Austria. Edited by Dagmar Eichberger . Brepols, 2005. Pages 102 - 113.
Year of Publication: 2005.

7. Record Number: 14124
Author(s): Legaré, Anne-Marie.
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Title : La librairye de Madame: Two Princesses and Their Libraries [The author briefly surveys the manuscripts belonging to Margaret of York and Margaret of Austria. Margaret of York acquired a small number of French religious texts in line with her roles as wife and potential mother. In contrast her step-granddaughter c

Source: Women of Distinction: Margaret of York | Margaret of Austria. Edited by Dagmar Eichberger . Brepols, 2005. Pages 206 - 219.
Year of Publication: 2005.

8. Record Number: 14121
Author(s): Lorentz, Philippe.
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Title : Children's Portraits: Between Politics and Family Memories [The author briefly surveys portraits done in the late medieval period, looking most closely at paintings of Margaret of Austria. In some cases the portraits were made to be sent to potential husbands in marriage negotiations. Title note supplied by Femin

Source: Women of Distinction: Margaret of York | Margaret of Austria. Edited by Dagmar Eichberger . Brepols, 2005. Pages 114 - 123.
Year of Publication: 2005.

9. Record Number: 14118
Author(s): De Jonge, Krista.
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Title : The Principal Residences in Mechelen: The Court of Cambrai and the Court of Savoy [The author briefly discusses Margaret of York's rebuilding of the residence known as the "Court of Cambrai" in Mechelen, Belgium. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

Source: Women of Distinction: Margaret of York | Margaret of Austria. Edited by Dagmar Eichberger . Brepols, 2005. Pages 56 - 66.
Year of Publication: 2005.

10. Record Number: 14126
Author(s): Rudy, Kathryn M.
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Title : Women's Devotions at Court [The author briefly surveys the devotional activities of Margaret of York and her step-grandaughter Margaret of Austria. These included prayers and sacred objects related to fertility and childbirth, books for prayer, meditation, and teaching young childr

Source: Women of Distinction: Margaret of York | Margaret of Austria. Edited by Dagmar Eichberger . Brepols, 2005. Pages 230 - 239.
Year of Publication: 2005.

11. Record Number: 8283
Author(s): Bratsch-Prince, Dawn
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Title : Pawn or Player? Violant of Bar and the Game of Matrimonial Politics in the Crown of Aragon (1380-1396) [The author argues that Violant of Bar actively participated in arranging politically advantageous marriages for her children as well as for members of her court. The Appendix presents the Catalan texts along with English translations of ten of her letters concerning some of her marriage arrangements. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

Source: Marriage and Sexuality in Medieval and Early Modern Iberia. Hispanic Issues, Volume 26. Edited by Eukene Lacarra Lanz . Routledge, 2002. Gesta , 44., 1 ( 2005): Pages 59 - 89.
Year of Publication: 2002.

12. Record Number: 9331
Author(s): Reynolds, Rosalind Jaeger
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Title : Reading Matilda: The Self-Fashioning of a Duchess [The author examines how Matilda, Countess of Tuscany, identified herself in documents in order to understand what kind of image she fashioned for herself as a female ruler. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

Source: Essays in Medieval Studies (Full Text via Project Muse) 19 (2002): 1-13. Link Info
Year of Publication: 2002.

13. Record Number: 5441
Author(s): Welch, Evelyn S.
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Title : Women as Patrons and Clients in the Courts of Quattrocento Italy [The author examines cases of "clientelismo" in Italian courts involving duchesses and their household staff in relationships with groups ranging from clients to religious houses].

Source: Women in Italian Renaissance Culture and Society. Edited by Letizia Panizza . European Humanities Research Centre, University of Oxford, 2000. Pages 18 - 34.
Year of Publication: 2000.

14. Record Number: 5566
Author(s): Iorio, Raffaele.
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Title : La duchessa Sikelgaita, una longobarda normannizzata [Robert Guiscard, Duke of Apulia, married Sikelgaita of Salerno to ally himself with the last Lombard princely house in southern Italy; Sikelgaita promoted the interests of her son, Roger Borsa, over those of her stepson, Bohemund of Antioch; Anna Komnena

Source: Quaderni Medievali , 41., (giugno 1996): Pages 27 - 88.
Year of Publication: 1996.

15. Record Number: 5580
Author(s): Sommé, Monique.
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Title : Isabelle de Portugal, duchesse de Bourgogne, une femme au pouvoir au xve siècle. Thèse d'Etat soutenue le 12 janvier 1995 devant l'université de Lille III

Source: Revue du Nord , 77., 310 (avril-juin 1995): Pages 438 - 445.
Year of Publication: 1995.

16. Record Number: 5579
Author(s): de Visser- van Terwisga, Marijke.
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Title : Les Portugais dans l'entourage de la duchesse de Bourgogne Isabelle de Portugal (1430- 1471) [the Appendix presents a transcript dated May 6, 1453, of the marriage contract between Béatrice of Coïmbre, niece of the duchess Isabel, and Adolphe of Clèves, nephew of Duke Philip the Good; both uncle and aunt endowed the bride generously with land, money, and luxury goods].

Source: Revue du Nord , 77., 310 (avril-juin 1995): Pages 321 - 343.
Year of Publication: 1995.

17. Record Number: 14681
Author(s): Blockmans, Wim.
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Title : The Devotion of a Lonely Duchess [The author briefly surveys the life of Margaret of York, concentrating on her involvement in politics, art patronage, charity in particular toward children, support of the church, and commissioning of manuscripts. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

Source: Margaret of York, Simon Marmion, and "The Visions of Tondal": Papers Delivered at a Symposium organized by the Department of Manuscripts of the J. Paul Getty Museum in Collaboration with the Huntington Library and Art Collections, June 21-24, 1990. Edited by Thomas Kren . J. Paul Getty Museum, 1992. Revue du Nord , 77., 310 (avril-juin 1995): Pages 29 - 46.
Year of Publication: 1992.

18. Record Number: 14682
Author(s): Smith, Jeffrey Chipps.
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Title : Margaret of York and the Burgundian Portrait Tradition [The author surveys nine surviving manuscript paintings of Margaret, arguing that she was the first Burgundian duchess to develop an individualized image. Her representations emphasize her devotional piety and charity but also take motifs from ducal portraits. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

19. Record Number: 14683
Author(s): Cockshaw, Pierre.
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Title : Some Remarks on the Character and Content of the Library of Margaret of York [The author briefly characterizes the twenty-four books known to have been in Margaret of York's Library. They were mostly religious or moral in nature. Cockshaw describes them as simple and rather uninspired. Title note suppled by Feminae.].

20. Record Number: 14684
Author(s): Morgan, Nigel.
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Title : Texts of Devotion and Religious Instruction Associated with Margaret of York [The author surveys the religious texts known to have belonged to Margaret of York. Morgan categorizes them as books of religious instruction, texts dealing with the soul and the body, and a related group about prayer and contemplation. Morgan suggests that Margaret may have been very devout and read widely in her comprehensive library. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

21. Record Number: 14685
Author(s): Lewis, Suzanne.
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Title : The "Apocalypse" of Margaret of York [The author briefly discusses the heavily illustrated "Apocalypse" made for Margaret of York. Lewis argues that it was intended to provide Margaret with an intensive meditative reading for devotional purposes. Title note provided by Feminae.].

22. Record Number: 14775
Author(s): Barstow, Kurtis A.
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Title : Appendix: The Library of Margaret of York and Some Related Books [This appendix lists and describes thirty manuscripts and early printed books owned by Margaret of York, given by her as gifts, and books related to her but neither commissioned by her nor owned by her. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

23. Record Number: 5862
Author(s): Willard, Charity Cannon.
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Title : Isabel of Portugal and the Fifteenth-Century Burgundian Crusade [The author traces Isabel's support of the crusading movement along with the efforts made by both her husband and her son. Volume title: Journeys Toward God: Pilgrimage and Crusade (Studies in Medieval Culture, 30)].

Source: Journeys Toward God: Pilgrimage and Crusade. Edited by Barbara N. Sargent-Baur Studies in Medieval Culture, 30. Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan University., 1992. Revue du Nord , 77., 310 (avril-juin 1995): Pages 205 - 214.
Year of Publication: 1992.

24. Record Number: 29096
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Title : Portrait of Margaret of York

Source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Margaret_of_York.jpg/250px-Margaret_of_York.jpg
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Title : Portrait of Isabella of Portugal

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Title : Mary of Guelders in Hortus Conclusus

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Title : Catherine of Cleves before the Virgin and Child

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28. Record Number: 37673
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Title : Crowned woman (likely Eleanor of Woodstock) at Mass

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