Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


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1. Record Number: 6051
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Title : Light as Glamor: The Luminescent Ideal of Beauty in the "Roman de la Rose"
Source: Speculum , 76., 4 (October 2001):  Pages 934 - 959.
Year of Publication: 2001.

2. Record Number: 8959
Author(s): McGrady, Deborah
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Title : Reinventing the "Roman de la Rose" for a Woman Reader: The Case of Ms. Douce 195 [The author argues that the illuminator Robinet Testard changed the traditional "Roman de la Rose" illustrations for a noble woman, Louise of Savoie. Some of the images question the misogyny in the text with one cycle showing outright disapproval of the jealous husband who beats his wife. Other illustrations show women as the surveyors of events rather than objects of the male gaze. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Journal of the Early Book Society for the Study of Manuscripts and Printing History , 4., ( 2001):  Pages 202 - 227. Issue Title: Women and Book Culture in Late Medieval and Early Modern France
Year of Publication: 2001.

3. Record Number: 4411
Author(s): Heywood, Melinda Marsh.
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Title : The Withered Rose: Seduction and the Poetics of Old Age in the "Roman de la Rose" of Guillaume de Lorris [The author argues that the poet uses the two old women characters to remind his beloved that she too will one day be old, ugly, and alone; she has no choice but to grant him her favors quickly].
Source: French Forum , 25., 1 (January 2000):  Pages 5 - 22.
Year of Publication: 2000.

4. Record Number: 5587
Author(s): Rouse, Richard H. and Mary A. Rouse
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Title : A "Rose" by Any Other Name: Richard and Jeanne de Montbaston as Illuminators of Vernacular Texts [Appendix 9A in Volume 2 presents a list of manuscripts including some for the king and nobility thought to be illustrated by Richard and Jeanne de Montbaston (fl. 1325- 1353); Appendix 9B Interpreting the "Gluures" in Manuscripts Illuminated by the Montbastons and Their Contemporaries explores possible meanings for the term "gluures" as recorded in various manuscripts counting initials or illuminations done with gold leaf].

5. Record Number: 2569
Author(s): Planche, Alice.
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Title : Cheveus ot blons come bacins. Sur un vers de Guillaume Lorris dans "Le Roman de la Rose" [suggests that Guillaume is comparing the blonde hair of the beautiful female characters to the color of a wildflower, the "bassin d'or" or "bouton d'or"].
Source: Romania , 40241 ( 1997):  Pages 547 - 552.
Year of Publication: 1997.

6. Record Number: 11193
Author(s): Blumenfeld-Kosinski, Renate
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Title : Christine de Pizan and the Misogynistic Tradition [In her poetry, Christine de Pizan refutes the misogynist literary tradition exemplified by such texts as the Roman de la Rose. She confronts misogyny on three fronts: reason, experience, and writing. In her allegorical poems, Lady Reason encourages the author to reconsider common notions about women. The poet’s own experience allows her to give many counter examples to misogynist texts. Most importantly, Christine’s scholarly acts of reading and writing generate numerous examples of feminine virtue from books that previous writers have ignored. Reprinted in The Selected Writings of Christine de Pizan: New Translations, Criticism. Edited by Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski. Pages 297-311. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Romanic Review , 81., 3 ( 1990):  Pages 279 - 292. Reprinted in The Selected Writings of Christine de Pizan: New Translations, Criticism. Edited by Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski. Translated by Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski and Kevin Brownlee. W. W. Norton & Company, 1997. Pages 297-311.
Year of Publication: 1990.