Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index

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1. Record Number: 11016
Author(s): Christie, Edward.
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Title : Self-Mastery and Submission: Holiness and Masculinity in the Lives of Anglo-Saxon Martyr Kings [The author analyzes Old English lives of Edmund and Oswald, finding that the kings achieve an heroic masculinity through an acceptance of suffering. Although these kings win lasting fame, which was also the goal of Anglo-Saxon warrior heroes, they do it through sacrifice of self. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

Source: Holiness and Masculinity in the Middle Ages. Edited by P. H. Cullum and Katherine J. Lewis . Religion and Culture in the Middle Ages Series. University of Wales Press, 2004. Historical Reflections/ Reflexions historiques , 30., 1 (Spring 2004): Pages 143 - 157.
Year of Publication: 2004.

2. Record Number: 11017
Author(s): Lewis, Katherine J.
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Title : Edmund of East Anglia, Henry VI and Ideals of Kingly Masculinity [The author argues that Lydgate's "Life" of King Edmund was intended to instruct the young Henry VI in kingly behaviors. The Mirror for Princes tradition of advice literature as reflected in the Middle English version of the "Secretorum" also emphasized the importance of religion in a king's responsibilities, particularly with regard to sexual self-control. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

3. Record Number: 14754
Author(s): Blanton, Virginia.
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Title : King Anna's Daughters: Genealogical Narrative and Cult Formation in the "Liber Eliensis" [The "Liber Eliensis" written by twelfth century monks at Ely, created Wihtburg as another sister for Aethelthryth to underline her sanctity and importance by emphasizing virginity, royalty and holy kinship. These stories went beyond the monastery to local communities in East Anglia and appear in saints' lives and parish records as late as the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

Source: Historical Reflections/ Reflexions historiques , 30., 1 (Spring 2004): Pages 127 - 149.
Year of Publication: 2004.

4. Record Number: 8066
Author(s): Wogan-Browne, Jocelyn.
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Title : Powers of Record, Powers of Example: Hagiography and Women's History [The author compares an Anglo-Norman hagiography collection from Campsey with the "Ancrene Wisse" and its associated "Katherine Group." While the "Ancrene Wisse" presents hagiography as romance, the Campsey manuscript presents many role models for women in which they act together in groups and inhabit an historical setting. The author argues that the collection represents a collectivity of noble women's interests in the areas of monasticism, ecclesiastic issues, and family. It is centered on East Anglia but has networks of connections running through England and the continent. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

Source: Gendering the Master Narrative: Women and Power in the Middle Ages. Edited by Mary C. Erler and Maryanne Kowaleski . Cornell University Press, 2003. Historical Reflections/ Reflexions historiques , 30., 1 (Spring 2004): Pages 71 - 93.
Year of Publication: 2003.

5. Record Number: 8075
Author(s): Maddern, Philippa.
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Title : Interpreting Silence: Domestic Violence in the King's Courts in East Anglia, 1422-1442 [The author argues that domestic violence in medieval households was sanctioned when husbands were disciplining their wives, children, or servants. However, subordinates who rebelled were severely punished as were husbands who killed members of their household. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

Source: Domestic Violence in Medieval Texts. Edited by Eve Salisbury, Georgiana Donavin, and Merrall Llewelyn Price . University Press of Florida, 2002. Historical Reflections/ Reflexions historiques , 30., 1 (Spring 2004): Pages 31 - 56.
Year of Publication: 2002.