Title Performing virginity and testing chastity in the Middle Ages / Kathleen Coyne Kelly

Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2000

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Description x, 197 pages ; 24 cm Series Routledge research in medieval studies ; 2 Routledge research in medieval studies ; 2 Contents Introduction: castitas/virginitas -- Hymenologies: the multiple signs of virginity -- "Armour of proof": the virgin and the church in hagiography -- "Loves traces": the lady and the test in vernacular romance -- Oxymoronic bodies: male virgins in hagiography and romance -- Multiple virgins and contemporary virginities Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [177]-192) and index Subject Christian hagiography -- History -- To 1500. Christian hagiography. Literature, Medieval -- History and criticism. Christianity and literature -- Europe -- History -- To 1500. Virginity in literature. Romances -- History and criticism. Virginity -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500. LC no. 99040601 ISBN 0415221811

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