Milk Symbolism in the ‘Bethu Brigte’
Milk Symbolism in the ‘Bethu Brigte’ Torma, Thomas The Heroic Age Issue 7 Spring 2004 Abstract Of particular importance to the Brigidine hagiographers…
The Social Centrality of Women in Beowulf: A New Context
This paper examines the roles of the women in Beowulf, focusing on those of hostess, peaceweavers, and monsters. When read through an anthropological lens, Beowulf presents the female characters as being central both in the story itself and in the society presented in the poem.
“The Wealth They Left Us”: Two Women Author Themselves through Others’ Lives in Beowulf
“The Wealth They Left Us”: Two Women Author Themselves through Others’ Lives in Beowulf Osborn, Marijane The Heroic Age Issue 5 Summer/Autumn 2001…
The Role of Medieval Women as Monastic Patrons
The Role of Medieval Women as Monastic Patrons Lambert, Erin The Endnote, vol. 2 (2005) Abstract Studies of the medieval world reveal a…
Nunneries as an Alternative to Marriage
Nunneries as an Alternative to Marriage Oudenaarden , Cornelis The Endnote, vol. 2 (2005) Abstract During the middle Ages women were required to…
Monasticism and medicine: Gendered activities in healing practices, 500-1100
Monasticism and medicine: Gendered activities in healing practices, 500-1100 By Lori Ann Woods MA Thesis: University of Calgary, 1998 Introduction: In the late…
Bawds, Pimps and Procurers: Images of the prostitute in medieval England
Bawds, Pimps and Procurers: Images of the prostitute in medieval England By Tom Clegg Medieval History Magazine, Issue 5 (2004) Introduction: The history…
Women and Wills in Catalonia: Sterility and Testacy in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries
Women and Wills in Catalonia: Sterility and Testacy in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries By Nathaniel L. Taylor Mediaeval Encounters, Vol. 12:1 (2006)…
Medieval Welsh Noblewomen: The Case of Margaret of Bromfield
Medieval Welsh Noblewomen: The Case of Margaret of Bromfield By Gwenyth Richards Eras, Vol. 3 (2002) Abstract: This paper presents the case of Margaret of…
In the Shadow of Man: Questioning the Absence of Muslim and Christian Women’s voices in Medieval Polemic Writings
In the Shadow of Man: Questioning the Absence of Muslim and Christian Women’s voices in Medieval Polemic Writings By Kim Wortmann Macalester Islam Journal:…
Widows in Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Britain
Widows in Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Britain By Marie-Françoise Alamichel Peter Lang Publishing, 2008 ISBN: 978-3-03911-404-7 This volume provides a comprehensive study of widowhood in…
Mortuary Rolls as a Source for Medieval Women’s History
Mortuary Rolls as a Source for Medieval Women’s History By Teresa Leslie Proceedings and Papers of the GAH (Georgia Association of Historians), Vol.…
Background, Social Situation and Form of Living of Women in Hessian Cloisters of the Late Middle Ages
The theme of my work is the family background, social situation and mode of living of the women in late medieval Hessian cloisters, and other convents
Women’s Property Rights in Islamic Law and the Debate over Islamic Economic Performance
Women’s Property Rights in Islamic Law and the Debate over Islamic Economic Performance By Maya Shatzmiller XIV International Economic History Congress (2006) Synopsis: Using court…
Wills of Men and Women in Canterbury and York 1380-1800
What proportion of wills were left by women? How did this vary geographically, over time and by social status?
Wise Women and Medical Men: Obstetrics and Gynecology in the Middle Ages
Wise Women and Medical Men: Obstetrics and Gynecology in the Middle Ages By Heather L. Wrigley The Proceedings of the 14th Annual History…
Women in the Military: Scholastic Arguments and Medieval Images of Female Warriors
In their political treatises, the scholastic writers Ptolemy of Lucca (c.1236–1327) and Giles of Rome (1243–1316) discussed the question of whether women should serve in the military.
Religion, Women and Politics in Imperial Rome (4th-5th century A.D.)
The aim of this study is to look at the close relations and certain continuity existing between the pagan and Christian ideologies concerning the role played by women of the aristocracy and by the image of women associated with political power.
History that ‘Turns on its Own Axis’: European Women and Historical Writing, 1400-1800
History that ‘Turns on its Own Axis’: European Women and Historical Writing, 1400-1800 By Erin Millions Gateway: An Academic Journal on the Web,…
Japan’s Early Female Emperors
According to conventional Japanese chronology, the time between Suiko’s accession in 592 and Shotoku’s death in 770 is divided into sixteen reigns, half of which featured female emperors.
Queen’s and Princesses’ Political Function at the end of the Middle Ages (14th and 15th Centuries)
Queen’s and Princesses’ Political Function at the end of the Middle Ages (14th and 15th Centuries) By Anne Lemonde Political Systems and Definitions of…
Defining the gentleman and the gentlewoman in the Italian Renaissance
Here I wish to discuss the way the figures of the gentleman and the gentlewoman developed in European culture during the Renaissance.
Women and Power in the Middle Ages: Political Aspects of Medieval Queenship
Examines the role and life of medieval queens, using examples from queens in Merovingian and Carolingian states, England, France, Castile and Aragon.
God Our Mother: The Feminine Cosmology of Julian of Norwich and Hildegard of Bingen
God Our Mother: The Feminine Cosmology of Julian of Norwich and Hildegard of Bingen Hudson, Jennifer Medieval Forum Vol.1 (2002) Abstract: This paper explores the…
The Role of Women in Musical Life: The Medieval Arabo-Islamic Courts
The Role of Women in Musical Life: The Medieval Arabo-Islamic Courts By Suzanne Meyers Sawa Canadian Women’s Studies, Vol. 8:2 (1987) Synopsis: Examines the…