Saints' lives and women's literary culture, c.1150-1300 virginity and its authorizations /

This volume explores the usefulness of the virgin ideal for widows, wives, and women in religion, and presents a book-length study of women writers in England in the 12th and 13th centuries.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wogan-Browne, Jocelyn
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Subjects:
English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500 > History and criticism.
English literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
Women and literature > England > History > To 1500.
Christian literature, English (Middle) > History and criticism.
Virginity in literature.
Women in literature.
Christian saints in literature.
Christian hagiography > History > To 1500.
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Summary:This volume explores the usefulness of the virgin ideal for widows, wives, and women in religion, and presents a book-length study of women writers in England in the 12th and 13th centuries.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 314p.)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191707599 (ebook) :

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