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
Corporate Author: Oxford University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 314 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-305) and index.
ISBN:9780191707599
0191707597