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Mothers Of The Empire: Empresses Zoe And Theodora On A Byzantine Medallion Cycle, Kriszta Kotsis Nov 2012

Mothers Of The Empire: Empresses Zoe And Theodora On A Byzantine Medallion Cycle, Kriszta Kotsis

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

This study examines Byzantine enamel medallions of the 11th century that represent empresses in encounters with holy figures. In addition to arguing for a date and identification of the empresses, the article examines what the medallions say about female authority in Byzantium in the first half of the eleventh century.


The Discourse Of Hysteria: The Topoi Of Humility, Physicality, And Authority In Women's Rhetoric, Virginia Langum Nov 2012

The Discourse Of Hysteria: The Topoi Of Humility, Physicality, And Authority In Women's Rhetoric, Virginia Langum

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.


Imprisoning Medieval Women: The Non-Judicial Confinement And Abduction Of Women In England, C. 1170-1509, Lizabeth J. Johnson Nov 2012

Imprisoning Medieval Women: The Non-Judicial Confinement And Abduction Of Women In England, C. 1170-1509, Lizabeth J. Johnson

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.


Ritual, Culture, And Power: Politics And The Shrine Of Notre-Dame De Cambron, 1322-1329, Benjamin Wright Jun 2012

Ritual, Culture, And Power: Politics And The Shrine Of Notre-Dame De Cambron, 1322-1329, Benjamin Wright

The Hilltop Review

Does religious ritual transform political identities? Political identities often rise out of culture; and cultures in turn are shaped by the countless manifestations of religious ritual. It should come as no surprise that this triangle of ritual, culture, and power is used as a tool for the construction of the homogeneous political identities upon which nation states are created. The case study of the religious cult center of Notre-Dame de Cambron, a 14th century pilgrimage shrine in Belgium a few miles from the French border, provides one example of this triangularity. In the midst of its bicultural region, Cambron's shrine …


Viking Women In The Isle Of Man, Valerie Dawn Hampton Jun 2012

Viking Women In The Isle Of Man, Valerie Dawn Hampton

The Hilltop Review

The gender roles of important women in the Viking controlled Isle of Man has never been studied before. This is an exceptional case as women were not normally so influential in the Middle Ages, especially in Viking controlled regions. By examining memorial stones, burial goods, and their excavated skeletal remains, certain facts about Viking women's life in Medieval Manx society can be discerned. The visual remains of the Viking period in Mann, covering the ninth to thirteenth centuries, emphasizes the influence of women, confirming their importance in the kingdom's language, society, and religion.


Power, Piety, And Rebellion In Al-Andalus: The Reception And Influence Of Al-Ghazali's Political Philosophy In Islamic Iberia, Patrick Harris Jun 2012

Power, Piety, And Rebellion In Al-Andalus: The Reception And Influence Of Al-Ghazali's Political Philosophy In Islamic Iberia, Patrick Harris

The Hilltop Review

Dissident Muslims have utilized discourses of pious rulership to justify their revolt against centralized authority at least as far back as the Kharijite rebellion in the 1st/7th century, which, in turn, resulted in the first major schism within the Islamic community. One may, indeed, interpret the very founding of Islam, in part, as a pietist response to a Meccan regime which fostered an environment of injustice and iniquity. Thus, the need for a pious rulership has been at the heart of Islamic political sensibility, if not from its very foundation, then at least from its first division. Rebels and reformers …


Comparative Perspectives On History And Historians: Essays In Memory Of Bryce Lyon (1920-2007), David Nicholas, James M. Murray, Bernard S. Bachrach May 2012

Comparative Perspectives On History And Historians: Essays In Memory Of Bryce Lyon (1920-2007), David Nicholas, James M. Murray, Bernard S. Bachrach

Festschriften, Occasional Papers, and Lectures

Comparative Perspectives on History and Historians: Essays in Memory of Bryce Lyon (1920-2007) features a section of appreciations of Bryce Lyon from the three editors, R. C. Van Caenegem, and Walter Prevenier, followed by three sections on the major areas on which Lyon's research concentrated: the legacy of Henri Pirenne, constitutional and legal history of England and the Continent, and the economic history of the Low Countries. Original essays by Bernard S. Bachrach, David S. Bachrach, Jan Dumolyn, Caroline Dunn, Jelle Haemers, John H. A. Munro, James M. Murray, Anthony Musson, David Nicholas, W. Mark Ormrod, Walter Prevenier, Jeff Rider, …


Front Matter, Medieval Feminist Forum, V.47 No.2 2011 Apr 2012

Front Matter, Medieval Feminist Forum, V.47 No.2 2011

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.


An Apostolic Vocation: The Formation Of The Religious Life For The Dominican Sisters In The Thirteenth Century, Julie Ann Smith Apr 2012

An Apostolic Vocation: The Formation Of The Religious Life For The Dominican Sisters In The Thirteenth Century, Julie Ann Smith

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.


Skirts And Politics: The Cistercian Monastery Of Harvestehude And The Hamburg City Council, Cordelia Heß Apr 2012

Skirts And Politics: The Cistercian Monastery Of Harvestehude And The Hamburg City Council, Cordelia Heß

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.


Back Matter, Medieval Feminist Forum, V.47 No.2 2011 Apr 2012

Back Matter, Medieval Feminist Forum, V.47 No.2 2011

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.


Picturing Maternal Anxiety In The Miracle Of The Jew Of Bourges, Carlee A. Bradbury Apr 2012

Picturing Maternal Anxiety In The Miracle Of The Jew Of Bourges, Carlee A. Bradbury

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

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

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

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

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

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 …


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

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.


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

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

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

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

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

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

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

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.


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

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

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

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 …


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

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.


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

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.


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

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

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

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

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

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.


Greek In Marriage, Latin In Giving: The Greek Community Of Fourteenth-Century Palermo And The Deceptive Will Of Bonannus De Geronimo, Jack Goodman Sep 2011

Greek In Marriage, Latin In Giving: The Greek Community Of Fourteenth-Century Palermo And The Deceptive Will Of Bonannus De Geronimo, Jack Goodman

The Hilltop Review

This article explores some of the difficulties inherent in the discussion of medieval ethnicity. Early fourteenth-century Palermo was a city with a celebrated multi-ethnic Latin, Arabic, and Greek past, but by the 1300s, much had changed, with Latin culture eclipsing the others. However, two small Greek ethnic minorities persisted in this culture: one indigenous, descending from the ministers, notaries, and monks who thrived under twelfth-century Norman rule, and the other immigrant, composed primarily of Byzantine slaves and freed slaves. The second group is identified in the sources as grecus, while the indigenous Italo-Greeks cannot easily be located in the …


The Glossa Ordinaria On Romans, Michael Scott Woodward May 2011

The Glossa Ordinaria On Romans, Michael Scott Woodward

TEAMS Commentary Series

"The Gloss on Romans is a collection of sources from many periods and places, which accounts for its inconsistencies. And this is what gives the Gloss much of its charm. . . . The twelfth century was an age of gathering sources and commentaries, in theology (Lombard's Sentences), canon law (Gratian's Decretum), and biblical studies (the Glossa ordinaria). Education began to flourish into what would become universities, where the master's role was to elucidate traditional, authoritative texts. And chief among these was the Bible, not standing alone but with the accompanying Gloss." - from the introduction


Life And Local Administration On Fifteenth Century Genoese Chios, Brian Nathaniel Becker Dec 2010

Life And Local Administration On Fifteenth Century Genoese Chios, Brian Nathaniel Becker

Dissertations

This dissertation combines a comparative analysis of the colonial administrations of Genoese Chios (1346-1566) and Venetian Crete (1211-1669) with an examination of the internal dynamics of Chian society under Genoese rule. It asks how society functioned on Chios and what role the ruling Genoese Mahona, or association of ship owners involved in the conquest, played in its construction. This study demonstrates, on the one hand, how often a colonial administration lacking strong direction from its home state, as was the case with the Mahona, crossed various constructed boundaries to establish mixed relationships with other states and also the island's indigenous …


Queen’S Gold And Intercession: The Case Of Eleanor Of Aquitaine, Kristen Geaman Dec 2010

Queen’S Gold And Intercession: The Case Of Eleanor Of Aquitaine, Kristen Geaman

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.


The Legacy Of Jephthah’S Daughter: Chastity, Sacrifice, And Feminine Complaint In Chaucer's Franklin’S And Physician’S Tales, Sonya Brockman Dec 2010

The Legacy Of Jephthah’S Daughter: Chastity, Sacrifice, And Feminine Complaint In Chaucer's Franklin’S And Physician’S Tales, Sonya Brockman

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.