TY  - BOOK
AU  - Smith,Susan L.
TI  - The Power of Women: A "Topos" in Medieval Art and Literature 
SN  - 9780812232790
AV  - N7630 
U1  - 704.9/424/0940902 20
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - Philadelphia : 
PB  - University of Pennsylvania Press, 
KW  - Art, Medieval
KW  - Control (Psychology) in art
KW  - Literature, Medieval
KW  - Illustrations
KW  - Women in art
KW  - HISTORY / Medieval
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - 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; restricted access
N2  - 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
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