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Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

Women's History

2011

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Licoricia Of Winchester:Marriage, Motherhood, And Murder In The Medieval Anglo-Jewish Community By Suzanne Bartlet., Hannah Johnson Dec 2011

Licoricia Of Winchester:Marriage, Motherhood, And Murder In The Medieval Anglo-Jewish Community By Suzanne Bartlet., Hannah Johnson

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No abstract provided.


When Did We Become Post/Human? Postmedieval: A Journal Of Medieval Cultural Studies., Angela Jane Weisl Dec 2011

When Did We Become Post/Human? Postmedieval: A Journal Of Medieval Cultural Studies., Angela Jane Weisl

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No abstract provided.


Ladies, Whores, And Holy Women: A Sourcebook In Courtly, Religious, And Urban Cultures Of Late Medieval Germany. Edited By Ann Marie Rasmussen And Sarah Westphal-Wihl., Cynthia J. Cyrus Dec 2011

Ladies, Whores, And Holy Women: A Sourcebook In Courtly, Religious, And Urban Cultures Of Late Medieval Germany. Edited By Ann Marie Rasmussen And Sarah Westphal-Wihl., Cynthia J. Cyrus

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No abstract provided.


Front Matter, Medieval Feminist Forum, V.47 No.1 2011 Dec 2011

Front Matter, Medieval Feminist Forum, V.47 No.1 2011

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No abstract provided.


“The Reputation Of The Queen And Public Opinion: The Case Of Isabeau Of Bavaria”, Tracy Adams, Glenn Rechtschaffen Dec 2011

“The Reputation Of The Queen And Public Opinion: The Case Of Isabeau Of Bavaria”, Tracy Adams, Glenn Rechtschaffen

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This essay takes issue with a still common tendency to read contemporary criticisms of powerful women as straightforward evidence of their “unpopularity,” using as a cast study Isabeau of Bavaria (1371-1435), who was generally imagined to have suffered the scorn of her contemporaries. In part one of the essay we argue that the two sources that scholars have relied upon prove not that public opinion turned against Isabeau in 1405-1406, but only that her political enemy Jean of Burgundy was planting negative propaganda about her in hopes of damaging her reputation during those years. In part two we consider whether …


Christine De Pizan's Metaphoric Womb, Tina-Marie Ranalli Dec 2011

Christine De Pizan's Metaphoric Womb, Tina-Marie Ranalli

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As a medieval woman writer, Christine de Pizan (ca. 1364-1430) was in an unusual position which necessitated not only that she establish her authority as a vernacular writer, like her male counterparts, but also that she find a way to reconcile her scholarly activity with her sex. In the Livre de la cité des dames, Christine finds a unique solution to her problem of authority and identity. It is my contention that in this work Christine presents an ingeniously crafted and multifaceted metaphor of the development of human life in the womb, what I term her “womb metaphor.” The Cité …


Chaucer's Visions Of Manhood By Holly A. Crocker., Kristin Bovaird-Abbo Dec 2011

Chaucer's Visions Of Manhood By Holly A. Crocker., Kristin Bovaird-Abbo

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Medieval Holy Women In The Christian Tradition C. 1100-1500. Edited By Alastair Minnis And Rosalynn Voaden., Larissa Tracy Dec 2011

Medieval Holy Women In The Christian Tradition C. 1100-1500. Edited By Alastair Minnis And Rosalynn Voaden., Larissa Tracy

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No abstract provided.


Considering Medieval Women And Gender By Susan Mosher Stuard., Anne E. Lester Dec 2011

Considering Medieval Women And Gender By Susan Mosher Stuard., Anne E. Lester

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No abstract provided.


Back Matter, Medieval Feminist Forum, V.47 No.1 2011 Dec 2011

Back Matter, Medieval Feminist Forum, V.47 No.1 2011

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No abstract provided.


Looking In The Past For A Discourse Of Motherhood: Birgitta Of Sweden And Julia Kristeva, Laura Saetveit Miles Dec 2011

Looking In The Past For A Discourse Of Motherhood: Birgitta Of Sweden And Julia Kristeva, Laura Saetveit Miles

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Renaissance Earwitnesses: Rumor And Early Modern Masculinity By Keith M. Botelho., Celia M. Lewis Dec 2011

Renaissance Earwitnesses: Rumor And Early Modern Masculinity By Keith M. Botelho., Celia M. Lewis

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Lettering The Self In Medieval And Early Modern France By Katherine Kong., Elizabeth A. Hubble Dec 2011

Lettering The Self In Medieval And Early Modern France By Katherine Kong., Elizabeth A. Hubble

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No abstract provided.