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1. Record Number: 45007
Author(s): Parker, Leah Pope,
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Title : The Life of St. Margaret of Antioch (11th c.)
Source: Medieval Disability Sourcebook: Western Europe.   Edited by Cameron Hunt McNabb .   punctum books, 2020.  Pages 210 - 219. Available open access from the JSTOR website: https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv11hptcd.21
Year of Publication: 2020.
2. Record Number: 8572
Author(s): Laynesmith, J. L.
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Title : Constructing Queenship at Coventry: Pagentry and Politics at Margaret of Anjou's 'Secret Harbor' [Coventry, one of the largest cities in England, was particularly loyal to Margaret of Anjou. In 1456 she was welcomed there with great pageantry. In these presentations, the queen was compared to the Virgin Mary as the mother of a royal son and to Saint Margaret as a dragon slayer. These ceremonies underlined her power, not that of her feeble husband, but Margaret did not arrogate the king's royal symbols to herself. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Fifteenth Century , 3., ( 2003):  Pages 137 - 147. Thematic issue: Authority and Subversion
Year of Publication: 2003.
3. Record Number: 8067
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Title : Who is the Master of This Narrative? Maternal Patronage of the Cult of St. Margaret [The author argues that the needs of women in childbirth prevailed in the texts and images of Saint Margaret. The surviving artifacts emphasize her miraculous deliverance from the dragon although learned clerics tried to excise this doubtful incident from the tradition. 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.  Pages 94 - 104.
Year of Publication: 2003.
4. Record Number: 11828
Author(s): Rawcliffe, Carole
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Title : Women, Childbirth, and Religion in Later Medieval England [The author traces the means by which the church offered support and aid to women facing childbirth. Rawcliffe also accounts for varied responses provided by popular religion including saints, shrines, and charms. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Women and Religion in Medieval England.   Edited by Diana Wood .   Oxbow Books, 2003.  Pages 91 - 117.
Year of Publication: 2003.
5. Record Number: 7343
Author(s): Smith, Karen.
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Title : Snake-maiden Transformation Narratives in Hagiography and Folklore
Source: Fabula. Zeitschrift für Erzählforschung , 43., 40241 ( 2002):  Pages 251 - 263.
Year of Publication: 2002.
6. Record Number: 6634
Author(s): Larson, Wendy R.
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Title : The Role of Patronage and Audience in the Cults of Sts. Margaret and Marina of Antioch [the author compares the cults of the two saints who share virtually the same "vita" but whose powers and devotees were very different; Saint Marina offered help against demonic influences in general to men and women alike while Saint Margaret was most venerated for the aid she offered to women and babies in childbirth].
Source: Gender and Holiness: Men, Women, and Saints in Late Medieval Europe.   Edited by Samantha J. E. Riches and Sarah Salih .   Routledge, 2002. Fifteenth Century , 3., ( 2003):  Pages 23 - 35.
Year of Publication: 2002.
7. Record Number: 8423
Author(s): Gilbertson, Leanne.
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Title : The Vanni Altarpiece and the Relic Cult of Saint Margaret: Considering a Female Audience [The author argues that the altarpiece, originally in the cathedral of Montefiascone, was associated with the saint's tomb there. The altarpiece highlights St. Margaret's role as a helper to women in childbirth. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Decorations for the holy dead: visual embellishments on tombs and shrines of saints.   Edited by Stephen Lamia and Elizabeth Valdez del Álamo International Medieval Research .   Brepols, 2002. Fifteenth Century , 3., ( 2003):  Pages 179 - 190.
Year of Publication: 2002.
8. Record Number: 6632
Author(s): Skemer, Don C.
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Title : Amulet Rolls and Female Devotion in the Late Middle Ages [medieval written amulets in scroll form rarely survive, but those that do frequently are intended to guarantee safety in pregnancy and childbirth; these amulets might be read aloud, bound to the woman or even fed to her; many of the surviving rolls are dedicated to Margaret of Antioch, the patron saint of pregnant women; this article edits one such roll (with the Latin text presented in the appendix) and provides a plate with a picture of the original; its mention of Saint Sigismund, a Burgundian martyr, may point to an origin in or near the ancient Burgundian realm; some of the charms are general ones, intended to provide generalized protection; but others make specific reference to childbirth, the greatest period of danger in many women's lives; other religious objects, including books of hours, were expected to serve similar protective purposes].
Source: Scriptorium , 55., 2 ( 2001):  Pages 197 - 227.
Year of Publication: 2001.
9. Record Number: 6084
Author(s): Laity, K. A.
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Title : False Positives: The "Katherine Group" Saints as Ambiguous Role Models [The author argues that the writer of the saints' lives in the "Katherine Group" emphasized torture and physical pain in order to instill fear in the young religious women who made up the text's audience].
Source: Magistra , 7., 2 (Winter 2001):  Pages 64 - 99.
Year of Publication: 2001.
10. Record Number: 4805
Author(s): Lewis, Katherine J.
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Title : Lete Me Suffre: Reading the Torture of St. Margaret of Antioch in Late Medieval England [The author argues that the torture was not intended to be pornographic or oppressive to women readers/ listeners, but rather Margaret allows the torture in order to convert people, her self-sacrifice and suffering give her power to aid the faithful].
Source: Medieval Women: Texts and Contexts in Late Medieval Britain. Essays for Felicity Riddy.   Edited by Jocelyn Wogan-Browne, Rosalynn Voaden, Arlyn Diamond, Ann Hutchison, Carol M. Meale, and Lesley Johnson Medieval Women: Texts and Contexts .   Brepols, 2000. Scriptorium , 55., 2 ( 2001):  Pages 69 - 82.
Year of Publication: 2000.
11. Record Number: 3144
Author(s): Lewis, Katherine J.
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Title : The Life of St. Margaret of Antioch in Late Medieval England: A Gendered Reading [The author analyzes texts and paintings, seeing there a reinforcement of female gender roles].
Source: Gender and Christian religion: papers read at the 1996 Summer Meeting and the 1997 Winter Meeting of the Ecclesiastical History Society.   Edited by R. N. Swanson Studies in Church History, 34.  1998. Scriptorium , 55., 2 ( 2001):  Pages 129 - 142.
Year of Publication: 1998.
12. Record Number: 3509
Author(s): Savage, Anne.
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Title : The Solitary Heroine: Aspects of Meditation and Mysticism in "Ancrene Wisse," the Katherine Group, and the Wooing Group
Source: Mysticism and Spirituality in Medieval England.   Edited by William F. Pollard and Robert Boenig .   D.S. Brewer, 1997. Scriptorium , 55., 2 ( 2001):  Pages 63 - 83.
Year of Publication: 1997.
13. Record Number: 702
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Title : Listen Now All and Understand: Adaptation of Hagiographical Material for Vernacular Audiences in the Old English Lives of St. Margaret [contrasts a straightforward narrative with a version that emphasizes an affective spirituality].
Source: Speculum (Full Text via JSTOR) 71, 1 (Jan. 1996): 27-42. Link Info
Year of Publication: 1996.
14. Record Number: 12768
Author(s): Treharne, Elaine M.
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Title : They should not worship devils ... which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: The Sensibility of the Virtuous and "The Life of St. Margaret" [The author argues that the hagiographer who wrote the Life of St. Margaret used simple, direct language, sensational detail, repeated themes, and constant appeals to the audience’s imagination in order to ensure that medieval listeners would both be entertained and instructed by the tale. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Proceedings of the Patristic, Mediaeval, and Renaissance Conference , 15., ( 1990):  Pages 221 - 236.
Year of Publication: 1990.
15. Record Number: 28951
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Title : St. Margaret and Mary Magdalene with Maria Portinari
Source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Hugo_van_der_goes_portinari_triptych_right.jpg/250px-Hugo_van_der_goes_portinari_triptych_right.jpg
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