To the glory of her sex : women's roles in the composition of medieval texts / Joan M. Ferrante.

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Ferrante, Joan M, 1936- [author.]

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text

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computer

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online resource

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0585001278
9780585001272
9780253332547
0253332540
9780253211088
0253211085
9786612079603
6612079606

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Women's roles in the composition of medieval texts

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: To the glory of her sex.DDC classification:

809/.89287/0902 20

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PN682.W6 F39 1997eb

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17.76

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Contents:

Women in correspondence -- Religious text -- Women and the writing of history -- Courtly literature -- Women's visions of women -- Women representing women.

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Summary: To the Glory of Her Sex presents an account of medieval women's activities as correspondents, readers, writers, and literary patrons from antiquity through the fourteenth century. The writings explored here represent a cross-section of virtually every field in historical and literary studies, including Latin literature, romance literature in French, political and religious correspondence, theological and moral treatises written for women, and histories and biographies commissioned by or addressed to women. Reading in the public and private correspondence of medieval women, for example, Ferrante discovered to what degree their involvement in affairs of the world and their role in the work of prominent men have been underestimated. Among the major figures in this panorama are Elisabeth Schonau, Hildegard of Bingen, Hrotsvit, Marie de France, and Christine de Pizan.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-282) and index.

Women in correspondence -- Religious text -- Women and the writing of history -- Courtly literature -- Women's visions of women -- Women representing women.

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To the Glory of Her Sex presents an account of medieval women's activities as correspondents, readers, writers, and literary patrons from antiquity through the fourteenth century. The writings explored here represent a cross-section of virtually every field in historical and literary studies, including Latin literature, romance literature in French, political and religious correspondence, theological and moral treatises written for women, and histories and biographies commissioned by or addressed to women. Reading in the public and private correspondence of medieval women, for example, Ferrante discovered to what degree their involvement in affairs of the world and their role in the work of prominent men have been underestimated. Among the major figures in this panorama are Elisabeth Schonau, Hildegard of Bingen, Hrotsvit, Marie de France, and Christine de Pizan.

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