Exhuming Trotula, Sapiens Matrona of Salerno
Exhuming Trotula, Sapiens Matrona of Salerno Rowland, Beryl Florilegium, vol. 1 (1979) Introduction In the catalogues of the mediaeval libraries as Canterbury and…
The Purification of Women after Childbirth: A Window onto Medieval Perceptions of Women
In the second quarter of the thirteenth century Bishop Roger Niger found it necessary to issue a statute in the archdeaconry of London regarding the rite known as the Purification of Women after Childbirth, more commonly spoken of today as churching.
Anglo-Saxon Women Before the Law: A Student Edition of Five Old English Lawsuits
Anglo-Saxon Women Before the Law: A Student Edition of Five Old English Lawsuits By Andrew Rabin Old English Newsletter, Vol. 41.3 (2008) Introduction The…
Theodore Balsamon’s Canonical Images of Women
Theodore Balsamon’s Canonical Images of Women Viscuso, Patrick Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies, articles (2004 – 2008) Abstract The jurist Balsamon, in the…
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,…