Chariots of ladies : Francesc Eiximenis and the court culture of medieval and early modern Iberia / Nuria Silleras-Fernandez.
Publisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2015Description: 1 online resourceContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781501701641
- 1501701649
- Eiximenis, Francesc, approximately 1340-approximately 1409 -- Influence
- Catholic women -- Iberian Peninsula -- Conduct of life
- Iberian Peninsula -- Court and courtiers -- History -- To 1500
- Iberian Peninsula -- Civilization
- Didactic literature -- History and criticism
- Women -- History -- Middle Ages, 500-1500
- HISTORY / Europe / Spain & Portugal
- RELIGION / Christian Church / History
- 946/.02 23
- BX4705.E346 S55 2015
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 18, 2015)
Introduction : Eiximenis, his patronesses, and female virtue in late medieval and early modern Iberia -- A return to piety : Francesc Eiximenis and the culture of the late medieval Catalan court (the Crown of Aragon, 1327-1409) -- Noble inspiration : Sanxa Ximenis d'Arenós 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.
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