Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index

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1. Record Number: 11754
Author(s): Blanton, Virginia.
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Title : Ely's St. Æthelthryth: The Shrine's Enclosure of the Female Body as Symbol for the Inviolability of Monastic Space [The author argues that the monks at Ely used hagiographies and historical accounts to present the saint and her monastery in as strong a position as possible. The monks identify with the holy female body, emphasizing that as Æthelthryth's body is intact so the lands and properties of the monastery must not be violently seized. After the Norman conquest, William sent Norman monks to Ely. They, however, also wanted to defend the house's privileges, and the writings took on a new image for the saint. She is a warrior woman (a virago or virile woman) who confronts those wrongly holding the monastery's properties. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

Source: Women's Space: Patronage, Place, and Gender in the Medieval Church. Edited by Virginia Chieffo Raguin and Sarah Stanbury . State University of New York Press, 2005. Pages 47 - 73.
Year of Publication: 2005.

2. Record Number: 8422
Author(s): Rico Camps, Daniel.
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Title : A Shrine in its Setting: San Vicente de Ávila [As a part of this article the author briefly describes (pp. 67-68) the shrine of Saint Vincent's two sisters, Sabina and Cristeta, who were martyred along with him. The author argues that the shrine was constructed at the same time as St. Vincent's more imposing tomb in the late twelfth century. 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. Pages 57 - 76.
Year of Publication: 2002.

3. Record Number: 8424
Author(s): Español, Francesca.
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Title : The Sepulchre of Saint Juliana in the Collegiate Church of Santillana del Mar [The author argues that the reliefs of St. Juliana, the Virgin and Child, Christ in Majesty, and apostles all originally decorated a monumental sepulchre of the martyr Saint Juliana in the latter half of the twelfth century. In the fifteenth century Bishop Alonso de Cartagena translated her relics to an altar and remodelled the now-empty tomb to take up less space. Perhaps local devotion required the continued presence of the tomb. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

4. Record Number: 8631
Author(s): Moody, D. Branch.
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Title : Healing Power in the Marian Miracle Books of Bavarian Healing Shrines, 1489-1523 A.D [The author looks at the representations of healing in several early printed books of miracles, all based on a group of events at Bavarian shrines dedicated to the Virgin. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

Source: Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences , 47., 1 (January 1992): Pages 68 - 90.
Year of Publication: 1992.

5. Record Number: 12753
Author(s): Butler, Lawrence and James Graham-Campbell
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Title : A Lost Reliquary Casket from Gwytherin, North Wales [The Church of Saint Winifrid at Gwytherin in North Wales once possessed a richly decorated casket containing the relics of the martyred virgin Saint Winifred (also known as Gwenfrewi or Winefride) of Wales. A drawing of the casket attributed to Edward Lluyd suggests that Winifred’s reliquary was probably produced in the eight or early ninth century and it was influenced by Anglo-Saxon and Irish decorative styles. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

Source: Antiquaries Journal , 70., 1 ( 1990): Pages 40 - 48.
Year of Publication: 1990.