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Versions of Virginity in Late Medieval England

By Sarah Salih

Versions of Virginity in Late Medieval England Social Sciences

Versions of Virginity in Late Medieval England

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This study looks at the question of what it meant to be a virgin in the middle ages, and the forms which female virginity took. It begins with the assumptions that there is more to virginity than sexual inexperience, and that virginity may be considered as a gendered identity, a role which is performed rather than biologically determined. The author explores versions of virginity as they appear in medieval saints' lives, in the institutional chastity of nuns, and as shown in the book of Margery Kempe, showing how it can be active, contested, vulnerable but also recoverable.
SARAH SALIH teaches in the Department of English at King's College London.

Product details
Number of Pages:
290
Release Date:
2001-11-01
Publication Date:
2001-10-01
Publisher:
D.S.Brewer
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0859916227
ISBN13:
9780859916226
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
602 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
20 cm
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