Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index

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1. Record Number: 43204
Author(s): Johnston, Mark D.
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Title : Sex, Lies and verdugados: Juana of Portugal and the Invention of Hoopskirts

Source: Medieval Clothing and Textiles , 16., ( 2020): Pages 101 - 122.
Year of Publication: 2020.

2. Record Number: 8547
Author(s): Marino, Nancy F.
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Title : How Portuguese "Damas" Scandalized the Court of Enrique IV of Castile [The young women who accompanied the Portuguese princess Juana to the Castilian court caused a great stir. They dressed provocatively, were sexually aggressive, and sometimes wore men's clothing and carried weapons. Several of them became the mistresses of powerful men in the kingdom. When the advisors to Isabella I, la Catolica, Enrique's successor, wished to discredit the king, they used the Portuguese "damas" as another instance of his immorality. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

Source: Essays in Medieval Studies (Full Text via Project Muse) 18 (2001): 43-52 Link Info
Year of Publication: 2001.

3. Record Number: 419
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Title : Juan de Flores and Lustful Women: The "Crónica Incompleta de los Reyes Católicos" [portrayal of Queen Juana].

Source: Corónica , 24., 1 (Fall 1995): Pages 74 - 89.
Year of Publication: 1995.