User:Bowmanbk/Choose an Article

Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Article title
 * Medieval Female Sexuality


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article lacks a historiography altogether. There is no mention of the role of female sexuality in art or literature.  The article fails to observe how the idea of a women's sexuality changed throughout the Middle Ages.  It is underdeveloped and missing some content within the topics it covers.


 * Sources
 * Phillips, Kim M. “The Breasts of Virgins: Sexual Reputation and Young Women’s Bodies in Medieval Culture and Society.” Cultural and Social History 15.1 (2018): 1–19. Web.
 * Griffiths, Fiona J. Women and Reform in the Central Middle Ages. Oxford ; New York :: Oxford Univ Press,, 2013. Print.

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Alice of Antioch


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is painfully under sourced and does not provide a complete biography of Alice's life. There are many content gaps and much more modern research that could be used for the article.


 * Sources
 * Asbridge, Thomas S. Alice of Antioch: a Case Study of Female Power in the Twelfth Century. Cambridge ; New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 2003. Print.
 * Jordan, Erin L. Women of Antioch: Political Culture and Powerful Women in the Latin East. Cham, Switzerland :: Palgrave Macmillan,, 2019. Print.

Option 3

 * Article title
 * White Ship


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article conveys a very basic idea of the sinking of the White Ship and its significance, but it fails to provide a complete history of the event. Additionally, the sources used are not very contemporary or valid (I'm looking at you, Dan Jones).  There are some content gaps, as well as a lack of a historiography.
 * Sources
 * Truax, Jean A. Politics Makes Uneasy Bedfellows: Henry I of England and Theobald of Blois. Leiden ; Boston :: Brill,, 1998. Print.
 * Leyser, Karl. The Anglo-Norman Succession 1120-25. London ; Rio Grande, Ohio, U.S.A. :: Hambledon Press,, 1994. Print.
 * Leyser, Karl. The Anglo-Norman Succession 1120-25. London ; Rio Grande, Ohio, U.S.A. :: Hambledon Press,, 1994. Print.

Choice Ranking


 * 1) Medieval Female Sexuality
 * 2) Alice of Antioch