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Author:
Silleras-Fernandez, Nuria, author.
Title:
Chariots of ladies : Francesc Eiximenis and the court culture of medieval and early modern Iberia / Nuria Silleras-Fernandez.
Publisher:
Cornell University Press,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
xiii, 312 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subject:
Eiximenis, Francesc,--approximately 1340-approximately 1409--Influence.
Catholic women--Iberian Peninsula--Conduct of life.
Didactic literature--History and criticism.
Women--History--Middle Ages, 500-1500.
Iberian Peninsula--History--History--To 1500.
Iberian Peninsula--Civilization.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-301) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : Eiximenis, his patronesses, and female virtue in late medieval and early modern Iberia -- A return to piety : Eiximenis and the culture of the late medieval Catalan court (the Crown of Aragon, 1327-1409) -- Noble inspiration : Sanxa Ximenis d'ArenoĢs and the Book of Women (Valencia, c. 1380-96) -- Fit for a queen : the Scala Dei, Franciscan queenship, and Maria de Luna (Barcelona, c. 1396-1410) -- Found in translation : Isabel the Catholic reads Eiximenis (Castile, c. 1490-1516) -- Eiximenis on the Atlantic : the Chariot of ladies and Catalina of Hapsburg (Portugal, c. 1525-78) -- Conclusion : feminine virtue, female agency, and the legacy of Eiximenis.
ISBN:
0801453836 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780801453830 (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)905700268
LCCN:
2015011613
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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