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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
Allegorical Bodies: Power And Gender In Late Medieval France,
2017
Saint Joseph's University
Allegorical Bodies: Power And Gender In Late Medieval France, Kristin Burr
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.
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.
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 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.
Feminized Counsel And The Literature Of Advice In England, 1380-1500,
2017
NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, University of Nottingham
Feminized Counsel And The Literature Of Advice In England, 1380-1500, 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.
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.
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.
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 …
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 …
Statements In Stone: The Politics Of Architecture In Charlemagne's Aachen,
2017
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Statements In Stone: The Politics Of Architecture In Charlemagne's Aachen, Mary Katherine Tipton
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Statements in Stone is an intersectional and preliminary study of the architecture and Social aspects of the palatine complex of Aachen Germany during the reign of Charlemagne approximately spanning from the 790s to 814CE. The interplay between built space and its Social uses inform the larger Social understandings and interpretations of power and authority. Court poetry written by contemporaries and courtiers of Charlemagne allow readers to glimpse the court as it moved through and interacted with the built environment. Architectural precedents inform the connotations associated with the spaces of Aachen, while spatial theory will provide a framework for understanding the …
The Interconnection Between Law And Christianity In Medieval England,
2017
Clackamas High School
The Interconnection Between Law And Christianity In Medieval England, Maria Isabel Caplazi
Young Historians Conference
In England, the influence of Christian morals and beliefs grew rapidly during the medieval era. Religious beliefs were evident in literature, laws, as well as social hierarchy. The extent of religious influence on medieval English law is undeniable, however historians have yet to attain a full understanding of religious reach because of institutionalized relativism -- the concept that varying environments affect how social regulations are established in their area. This paper discusses two of the most prominent ways Christianity influenced medieval English law -- through direct influence on laws themselves as well as religious impact on the individual administrators of …
The First Crusade: The Forgotten Realities,
2017
Clackamas High School
The First Crusade: The Forgotten Realities, Jonathan Chang
Young Historians Conference
In the Middle Ages, Europe saw a great amassing of thousands of lords, knights, and ordinary people for an extraordinary expedition into the Holy Land. This event was called the First Crusade. The First Crusade was one of the more successful crusades, however, this fact is overshadowed by the negatives of the crusades. My paper explores the reasons for how the crusaders were able to be victorious in the First Crusade.
