Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-392) and index.
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Rituals of entry : women and books in performance -- Female patronage and the politics of personification allegory -- Women famous and infamous : court controversies about female virtues -- Famous women in mourning : trials and tribulations -- Women mourned.
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In The Queen's Library, Cynthia J. Brown examines the cultural issues surrounding female modes of empowerment and book production in late medieval and early Renaissance France.