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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
Published Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2015

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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'ArenĂ³s 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes In English
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 18, 2015)
Subject Eiximenis, Francesc, approximately 1340-approximately 1409 -- Influence
SUBJECT Eiximenis, Francesc, approximately 1340-approximately 1409 -- Influence
Eiximenis, Francesc, approximately 1340-approximately 1409 fast
Subject Catholic women -- Iberian Peninsula -- Conduct of life
Didactic literature -- History and criticism
Women -- History -- Middle Ages, 500-1500.
HISTORY -- Europe -- Spain & Portugal.
RELIGION -- Christian Church -- History.
Civilization
Courts and courtiers
Didactic literature
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Women -- Middle Ages
SUBJECT Iberian Peninsula -- Court and courtiers -- History -- To 1500
Iberian Peninsula -- Civilization
Subject Europe -- Iberian Peninsula
Genre/Form Electronic books
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2015011613
ISBN 9781501701641
1501701649