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Distaff As Weapon In The Margins Of Two Late-Thirteenth-Century Arthurian Romance Manuscripts, Emily Shartrand
Distaff As Weapon In The Margins Of Two Late-Thirteenth-Century Arthurian Romance Manuscripts, Emily Shartrand
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
The marginal art of two late-thirteenth-century Arthurian romance manuscripts from French-Flanders are rife with motifs depicting violent battles. One such motif is that of a mounted joust between a knight and a woman. The knight is weaponless, but the woman wields a distaff, a tool used to spin wool or flax, as a lance in order to penetrate the knight. By contextualizing this motif with the text of the Vulgate Arthur, as well as the socio-political moment within which the manuscripts were produced, this article seeks to investigate how its inclusion could direct certain interpretations of the narratives in accompanies.
Religion And Violence: Bibliography For Religious Women And Violence, Penelope D. Johnson
Religion And Violence: Bibliography For Religious Women And Violence, Penelope D. Johnson
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
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Spare The Rod, Spoil The Bride, Cynthia Ho
Spare The Rod, Spoil The Bride, Cynthia Ho
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.
"A Disgrace For All Jewish Men:" Preliminary Considerations For The Study Of Wife-Beating In Jewish History, Howard Adelman
"A Disgrace For All Jewish Men:" Preliminary Considerations For The Study Of Wife-Beating In Jewish History, Howard Adelman
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
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