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UNINA9910818487703321 |
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Autore |
Kelly Kathleen Coyne |
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Titolo |
Performing virginity and testing chastity in the Middle Ages / / Kathleen Coyne Kelly |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-73755-6 |
1-134-73756-4 |
1-280-06954-6 |
9786610069545 |
0-203-46381-1 |
0-203-25032-X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (208 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge research in medieval studies ; ; 2 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Literature, Medieval - History and criticism |
Virginity - Religious aspects - Christianity - History of doctrines - Middle Ages, 600-1500 |
Christianity and literature - Europe - History - To 1500 |
Romances - History and criticism |
Virginity in literature |
Christian hagiography |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-192) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction: Castitas/Virginitas; Hymenologies: The multiple signs of virginity; ~Armour of proof~: The virgin and the church in hagiography; ~Love's traces~: The lady and the test in vernacular romance; Oxymoronic bodies: Male virgins in hagiography and romance; Multiple virgins and contemporary virginities; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This study presents a compelling and provocative study of virginity, which challenges the belief that female virginity can be reliably and unambiguously defined, tested and verified. |
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