The Power of Women : : A "Topos" in Medieval Art and Literature / / Susan L. Smith.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
• VerfasserIn: Smith, Susan L.,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016]; ©1995
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Edition: Reprint 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (356 p.) :; 49 illus.
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Illustrations --; Preface --; Acknowledgments --; 1. Introduction: The Power of Women and the Rhetoric of Example --; 2. “Thise Olde Ensamples Ought I-Nowgh Suffice” --; 3. Tales of the Mounted Aristotle --; 4. “Body It Forth”: The Mounted Aristotle as Visual Example --; 5. The Power of Women Topos in Fourteenth-Century Visual Art --; 6. Conclusion: The Topos in the Fifteenth Century and Beyond --; List of Abbreviations --; Notes --; Works Cited --; Index --; Backmatter
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781512809404; 9783110442526
• DOI: 10.9783/9781512809404
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Susan L. Smith.

Susan Smith's comprehensive study of the Power of Women topos in written texts and in art emphasizes the critical phase of its development from the late twelfth to the end of the fourteenth century. During this period, she argues, traditional employment of the topos exclusively to condemn women and justify male authority underwent a dramatic shift.