HASKINS CONFERENCE: Feudal Prerogatives and Female Vassals: Philip II’s Manipulation of Marriage
This paper discussed the mutually beneficial relationship between Philip II and women, and their experiences in wielding power during his rule.
Human/non-human: Gender dynamics and the female/animal condition in medieval culture
This paper will analyze some of the medieval representations of the female element in its proximity to the animal nature in order to reflect on the relationship between the social construction of women and the oppression of animals.
The Remarkable Role of Women in 16th Century French Basque Law Codes
The Remarkable Role of Women in 16th Century French Basque Law Codes Frank, Roslyn M. and Lowenberg, Shelley (University of Iowa) Proceedings of the Western…
Chicks with Swords: Power and Agency in the Morte D’arthur
Upon first glance, Malory’s Morte Darthur appears to be a boy’s book. It is packed with blood, sword fighting, kings, knights, battles and more battles.
Women Characters in Arthurian Literature
The main issue, then, is how Arthurian women characters have been portrayed throughout the centuries and the reasons for those particular ways of portrayal.
Gender: A Useful Category of Historical Analysis
Those who would codify the meanings of words fight a losing battle, for words, like the ideas and things they are meant to signify, have a history.
EROTIC IMAGERY IN CLASSICAL ARABIC POETRY
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Neither privileged nor poverty-‐stricken: Widows in medieval Flanders
Neither privileged nor poverty-‐stricken: Widows in medieval Flanders Kittell, E. Paper delivered at the Human Community Research Consortium, University of Idaho (2011) Abstract In…
The Twelfth Century Renaissance and the Religion of Intent: Interiority and the Emergence of Selfhood Across Religious Boundaries
The Twelfth Century Renaissance and the Religion of Intent: Interiority and the Emergence of SelfhoodAcross Religious Boundaries Elliot, Serena M.A. Thesis (History), North Carolina State…
Indecent bodies: gender and the monstrous in medieval English literature
Indecent bodies: gender and the monstrous in medieval English literature Oswald, Dana Morgan Thesis: Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, English, (2005) Abstract While…
Marriage, Inheritance, and the Balance of Power in Twelfth-Century England and France
Marriage, Inheritance, and the Balance of Power in Twelfth-Century England and France Diggelmann, Lindsay Mark Thesis: PhD Philosophy in History, The University of…
Talking about history in eleventh century England: the Encomium Emmae Reginae and the court of Harthacnut
Talking about history in eleventh century England: the Encomium Emmae Reginae and the court of Harthacnut Tyler, Elizabeth M. Early Medieval Europe, 13…
Women in Construction: An Early Historical Perspective
Numerous city records provide examples of women working with their fathers and husbands in the building trades as masons, carpenters, doormakers, and others crafts in 13th, 14th , and 15th centuries France, Spain and Germany.
Speakerly Women and Scribal Men
I want to begin my discussion of oral tradition and manuscript authority by drawing attention to the term ‘old wives’ tale.’
Herbal healers and devil dealers: a study of healers and their gendered persecution in the medieval period
Herbal healers and devil dealers: a study of healers and their gendered persecution in the medieval period McPhee, Meghan Thesis: M.A., (History), California State…
Blood and body : women’s religious practices in late medieval Europe
Blood and body : women’s religious practices in late medieval Europe Tudesko, Jenny L. Thesis: M.A., History, California State University, Sacramento (2009) Abstract…
Politics, power and prestige : the historiography of medieval English queens, 1821-1998
Politics, power and prestige : the historiography of medieval English queens, 1821-1998 Forget, Natalie Erica (The University of Guelph) Thesis: M.A. Arts, University…
Virginity and the married-virgin saints in Ælfric’s Lives of Saints: the translation of an ideal
Virginity and the married-virgin saints in Ælfric’s Lives of Saints: the translation of an ideal Smith, Liesl Ruth Thesis: Doctor of Philosophy,Graduate Department…
A history of women religious in the early Irish Church : the hagiographical evidence
A history of women religious in the early Irish Church : the hagiographical evidence Anderson, Jill J. Thesis: Doctor of Philosophy, University…
Breaking Through the Stained Glass Barrier: The Voices of Etheldreda,
Breaking Through the Stained Glass Barrier: The Voices of Etheldreda, Catherine of Alexandria, and Margaret of Antioch Delsigne, Jill Scripps College (2004) Abstract…
Gender, Corporeality and Christianity in the Old English Judith, Juliana and Elene
Gender, Corporeality and Christianity in the Old English Judith, Juliana and Elene Chenard , Marianne Alicia Malo (University of Alberta) M.A Thesis (English),…
“Her Book Not His”: Women and Their Book Collections in Medieval And Early Modern Europe
“Her Book Not His”: Women and Their Book Collections in Medieval And Early Modern Europe Ellison, Melinda (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)…
Hrotsvit of Gandersheim: Her Works and Their Messages
Hrotsvit of Gandersheim, a poetess and playwright during the tenth century, created a body of work that both reflected and instructed people in her society.
Mary Magdalen and the mendicants: The preaching of penance in the late Middle Ages
Mary Magdalen and the mendicants: The preaching of penance in the late Middle Ages Jansen, Katherine L.(Princeton University) Journal of Medieval History 21…
Madonna Bellina, ‘astounding’ Jewish musician in mid-sixteenth-century Venice
Madonna Bellina, ‘astounding’ Jewish musician in mid-sixteenth-century Venice Harran, Don Renaissance Studies Vol. 22 No. 1(2007) Abstract Around 1550, the Venetian playwright and…