Title Clothes make the man : female cross dressing in medieval Europe / Valerie R. Hotchkiss

Published New York : Garland, 1996

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Description 1 online resource (201 pages) Series Garland reference library of the humanities : ; v. 1991. The new Middle Ages ; v. 1 Garland reference library of the humanities ; v. 1991. Garland reference library of the humanities. New Middle Ages ; v. 1. Contents Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. "Female Men of God": Cross Dressing in Medieval Hagiography -- Ch. 3. The Lives and Death of Hildegund von Schonau -- Ch. 4. Transvestism on Trial: The Case of Jeanne D'Arc -- Ch. 5. The Female Pope and the Sin of Male Disguise -- Ch. 6. The Disguised Wife: Gender Inversion and Gender Conformity -- Ch. 7. Cross Dressing and Sexuality -- Ch. 8. Conclusions -- Hagiographic Appendix: The Lives of the Transvestite Saints Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-192) and index Notes Print version record Subject Cross-dressing -- Europe -- History -- Sources Costume -- History -- Medieval, 500-1500. Women -- Europe -- History Men's clothing -- Europe -- Psychological aspects Costume -- Europe -- Religious aspects Costume -- Symbolic aspects -- Europe Christianity and culture -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500. Women. Transvestism -- history Women Christianity -- history women (female humans) SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gender Studies. Christianity and culture -- Middle Ages Costume -- Medieval Costume -- Religious aspects Costume -- Symbolic aspects Men's clothing -- Psychological aspects Cross-dressing Women Transvestitismus Frau Vrouwen. Transvestitisme. Kleding. Geschichte 500-1500. Europe Genre/Form History Sources Form Electronic book ISBN 9781135231729 1135231729

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