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1.
Record Number:
11826
Author(s):
Leyser, Henrietta.
Contributor(s):
Title :
Women and the Word of God [The author briefly traces women's use of books from an eighth century Anglo-Saxon copy of the Pauline Epistles that has Ada's name inscribed to late medieval books of hours with illustrations of their female owners. At the same time Leyser reflects on affective piety and women's spirituality, particularly in connection with the book as metaphor for the Christian life as well as for the salvation offered by Christ. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source:
Women and Religion in Medieval England. Edited by Diana Wood . Oxbow Books, 2003. Pages 32 - 45.
Year of Publication:
2003.
2.
Record Number:
6735
Author(s):
Contributor(s):
Title :
Home Front and Battlefield: The Gendering of Papal Crusading Policy (1095-1221) [The author argues that Popes Gregory VIII, Clement III, and, especially, Innocent III brought women into the crusading movement by designating liturgical and fiscal efforts for them on the homefront as well as sanctioning active involvement in Palestine on special occasions. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source:
Gendering the Crusades. Edited by Susan B. Edgington and Sarah Lambert . University of Wales Press, 2001. Pages 31 - 44.
Year of Publication:
2001.
3.
Record Number:
3771
Author(s):
Contributor(s):
Title :
Nuns and Other Religious: Women and Christianity in the Middle Ages [The author provides an introductory overview surveying not only the varied monastic orders but also beguines, anchorites, heretical groups, and the "Devotio Moderna."]
Source:
Women in Medieval Western European Culture. Edited by Linda E. Mitchell . Garland Publishing, 1999. Pages 277 - 293.
Year of Publication:
1999.
4.
Record Number:
3300
Author(s):
Eisermann, Falk.
Contributor(s):
Title :
Diversae et plurimae materiae in diversis capitulis: Der "Stimulus amoris" als literarisches Dokument der normativen Zentrierung
Source:
Frühmittelalterliche Studien , 31., ( 1997): Pages 214 - 232.
Year of Publication:
1997.
5.
Record Number:
12288
Author(s):
Kazhdan, A. P. and A.-M. Talbot
Contributor(s):
Title :
Women and Iconoclasm [The authors briefly survey women's activities in support of icons, including those individuals who were later honored as saints, women who wrote hymns, and female correspondents of Abbot Theodore of Stoudios. Although iconoclasm was defeated, many of its principles triumphed including anti-feminism. Women's public roles were curtailedand their efforts to defend icons were obscured in the historic record. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source:
Byzantinische Zeitschrift , 84., ( 1991): Pages 391 - 408. Reprinted in Women and Religious Life in Byzantium. By Alice-Mary Talbot. Variorum Collected Studies Series. Ashgate, 2001. Article 3
Year of Publication:
1991.
6.
Record Number:
10972
Author(s):
Davies, Oliver.
Contributor(s):
Title :
Hildegard of Bingen, Mechthild of Magdeburg and the Young Meister Eckhart [The article argues it is likely that Meister Eckhart was familiar with the works of Hildegard of Bingen and Mechtild von Magdeburg. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source:
Mediaevistik , 4., ( 1991): Pages 37 - 51.
Year of Publication:
1991.