Depending On Sex? Tongue, Sieve, And Ladle Shaped Pendants From Late Iron Age Gotland,
2017
Stockholm University
Depending On Sex? Tongue, Sieve, And Ladle Shaped Pendants From Late Iron Age Gotland, Meghan P. Mattsson Mcginnis
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
Artifacts of female dress such as brooches and pendants have long been objects of interest to scholars of late Iron Age /early medieval Scandinavia. They figure in dating and tracing stylistic developments, and their presence is often (controversially) used to help assign gender to burials. There are three types of pendants which constitute a type of feminine adornment unique to Viking Age Gotland: the so-called tongue, sieve, and ladle pendants. The purpose of this paper is to examine these pendant types and the possible symbolic and magical functions behind their forms and manner of use, and how these functions intersected …
“Clamor Validus” Vs. “Fragilitas Sexus Feminei”: Hrotsvit Of Gandersheim On The Agency Of Women,
2017
Western Michigan University
“Clamor Validus” Vs. “Fragilitas Sexus Feminei”: Hrotsvit Of Gandersheim On The Agency Of Women, Caroline Jansen
Masters Theses
Hrotsvit of Gandersheim has generated interest among scholars of gender and sexuality due to her status as a woman and writer of Latin legends, epics, and plays in the Ottonian Empire. As the only prominent female playwright of her time, Hrotsvit presents an intriguing, complex treatment of female characters and their sexuality, particularly her plays, which rework both well-known lives of female saints and the tropes of the Roman playwright Terence’s comedies. One issue that has not been fully addressed, however, is the gendering of the heroines populating Hrotsvit’s plays—while some scholars refer to the characters as “overcoming femininity” others …
Front Matter, Medieval Feminist Forum, V.52, No.2 2017,
2017
Western Michigan University
Front Matter, Medieval Feminist Forum, V.52, No.2 2017
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.
Alessandra Macinghi Strozzi, Letters To Her Sons (1447-147)),
2017
State University of New York, Oswego
Alessandra Macinghi Strozzi, Letters To Her Sons (1447-147)), Lynn Blanchfield
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.
Learning To Die In London, 1380-1540,
2017
Kansas State University
Learning To Die In London, 1380-1540, Wendy A. Matlock
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.
The Experience Of Beauty In The Middle Ages,
2017
NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, University of Nottingham
The Experience Of Beauty In The Middle Ages, Bonnie Millar
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.
The Politics Of Ecology: Land, Life, And Law In Medieval Britain,
2017
University of Missouri, Kansas City
The Politics Of Ecology: Land, Life, And Law In Medieval Britain, Linda E. Mitchell
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.
Back Matter, Medieval Feminist Forum, V.52, No.2 2017,
2017
Western Michigan University
Back Matter, Medieval Feminist Forum, V.52, No.2 2017
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.
Invisible Injuries: The Salvific And Sacramental Roles Of Christina Mirabilis,
2017
University of Birmingham
Invisible Injuries: The Salvific And Sacramental Roles Of Christina Mirabilis, Sarah Macmillan
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
The Life of Christina Mirabilis depicts a series of self-inflicted torments which are seemingly unique in medieval devotional literature in that they leave no outward evidence on her body. This essay examines the self-healing nature of Christina's wounds and the importance of their invisibility in a culture which typically emphasises the visibility of the broken body. It considers the ways in Christina’s resurrected body (in both the Latin (c. 1232) and English (c. 1420) versions of her Life) contributes to thirteenth and fifteenth-century purgatorial and Eucharistic theologies, and suggests a correlation between the bodies of Christina and Christ which …
Literary Theories Of Circumcision,
2017
CUNY Graduate Center
Literary Theories Of Circumcision, A. W. Strouse
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
“Literary Theories of Circumcision” investigates a school of thought in which the prepuce, as a conceptual metaphor, organizes literary experience. In every period of English literature, major authors have employed the penis’s hood as a figure for thinking about reading and writing. These authors belong to a tradition that defines textuality as a foreskin and interpretation as circumcision. In “Literary Theories of Circumcision,” I investigate the origins of this literary-theoretical formulation in the writings of Saint Paul, and then I trace this formulation’s formal applications among medieval, early modern, and modernist writers. My study lays the groundwork for an ambitious …
Visionary "Staycations": Meeting God At Home In Medieval Women’S Vision Literature,
2017
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Visionary "Staycations": Meeting God At Home In Medieval Women’S Vision Literature, Jessica Barr
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
Medieval vision literature frequently features descriptions of supernatural travel: to Hell, Heaven, and Purgatory, or to locations that allow the visionary to receive knowledge to which she would not normally be privy. A less explored trope of this literature, however, is the travel-without-travel that occurs when the visionary’s physical location is overlaid with a transcendent mode of perception. This essay will analyze such moments of spatial transformation in late medieval visionary and hagiographic narratives. In the vitae of many medieval holy women, visions that transform the domestic sphere figure as evidence of their sanctity; in first-person visionary accounts, on the …
Royal Mothers And Their Ruling Children: Wielding Political Authority From Antiquity To The Early Modern Era,
2017
Binghamton University
Royal Mothers And Their Ruling Children: Wielding Political Authority From Antiquity To The Early Modern Era, Kara Larson Maloney
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.
The Books And Life Of Judith Of Flanders,
2017
Wittenberg University
The Books And Life Of Judith Of Flanders, Amy Livingstone
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.
A Medieval Woman's Companion: Women's Lives In The European Middle Ages,
2017
Binghamton University
A Medieval Woman's Companion: Women's Lives In The European Middle Ages, Kara Larson Maloney
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.
The Book Of Margery Kempe,
2017
University of Iowa
The Book Of Margery Kempe, Summer Santos Webber
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.
Imagining The Parish In Late Medieval England,
2017
Western Michigan University
Imagining The Parish In Late Medieval England, Janelle Werner
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.
The Anchoress: A Novel,
2017
Georgia Institute of Technology
The Anchoress: A Novel, Kellyann Fitzpatrick
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.
Hell In Hand: Fear And Hope In The Hellmouths Of The Hours Of Catherine Of Cleves,
2017
CUNY Hunter College
Hell In Hand: Fear And Hope In The Hellmouths Of The Hours Of Catherine Of Cleves, Stephanie Lish
Theses and Dissertations
This paper is an attempt to investigate how well the borders and miniatures of The Hours of Catherine of Cleves facilitated the method of meditation recommended by Gerard Zerbolt of Zutphen and therefore was a useful tool in Catherine’s search for eternal salvation.
Inventing Saladin: The Role Of The Saladin Legend In European Culture And Identity,
2017
James Madison University
Inventing Saladin: The Role Of The Saladin Legend In European Culture And Identity, Brian C. David
Masters Theses, 2010-2019
This thesis seeks to uncover and understand the strange historical journey of the Muslim Sultan Yusuf ibn Ayyub, known to the West as Saladin. The historic Saladin was a ruler famous for his successful campaigns against the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem, his victory at the Battle of Hattin, and his holding action against the Third Crusade. Upon Saladin’s death in 1193, he became the subject of numerous legends, most of which describe him as a merciful, chivalric, and ideal leader of men. The epitome of what a thirteenth century European noble was supposed to be. This thesis seek to explain …
Viewing Heaven: Rock Crystal, Reliquaries, And Transparency In Fourteenth-Century Aachen,
2017
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Viewing Heaven: Rock Crystal, Reliquaries, And Transparency In Fourteenth-Century Aachen, Claire Kilgore
School of Art, Art History, and Design: Theses and Student Creative Work
This thesis examines reliquaries and objects associated with medieval Christian practice in fourteenth-century Aachen. The city's cathedral and treasury contain prestigious relics, reliquaries, and liturgical items, aided by its status as the Holy Roman Empire's coronation church. During the reign of Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV (r. 1349-1378), reliquaries, pilgrimage, and architecture reflect late medieval interests in vision, optics, and transparency. Two mid-fourteenth century reliquaries from the Aachen Cathedral Treasury, the Reliquary of Charlemagne and the Three-Steepled Reliquary, display relics through rock crystal windows, in contrast to the obscuring characteristics of earlier reliquaries. Not only do the two reliquaries visually …
