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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.

Publication Info. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2015.

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Description 1 online resource
text file PDF
Physical Medium polychrome
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Summary This book traces the development of devotion and female piety among the Iberian aristocracy from the late Middle Ages into the Golden Age, and from Catalonia to the rest of Iberia and Europe via the rise of the Franciscan Observant movement.
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Language In English.
Subject Eiximenis, Francesc, approximately 1340-approximately 1409 -- Influence.
Eiximenis, Francesc, approximately 1340-approximately 1409.
Eiximenis, Francesc, approximately 1340-approximately 1409 -- Influence.
Catholic women -- Iberian Peninsula -- Conduct of life.
Catholic women.
Europe -- Iberian Peninsula.
Conduct of life.
Iberian Peninsula -- Court and courtiers -- History -- To 1500.
Courts and courtiers.
History.
Chronological Term To 1500
Subject Iberian Peninsula -- Civilization.
Civilization.
Didactic literature -- History and criticism.
Didactic literature.
Women -- History -- Middle Ages, 500-1500.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Subject Women.
Womyn.
Other Form: Erscheint auch als: Druck-Ausgabe Silleras-Fernandez, Nuria. Chariots of Ladies : Francesc Eiximenis and the Court Culture of Medieval and Early Modern Iberia. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, ©2015 9780801453830
ISBN 9781501701641 (electronic book)
1501701649 (electronic book)
9780801453830
0801453836
Standard No. 10.7591/9781501701641