03117oam 2200769I 450 991077992970332120230422042424.01-134-73755-61-134-73756-41-280-06954-697866100695450-203-46381-10-203-25032-X10.4324/9780203463819 (CKB)111056485542154(EBL)178659(OCoLC)559989781(SSID)ssj0000219901(PQKBManifestationID)11175989(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000219901(PQKBWorkID)10143219(PQKB)11437283(MiAaPQ)EBC178659(Au-PeEL)EBL178659(CaPaEBR)ebr10061027(CaONFJC)MIL6954(OCoLC)52099847(EXLCZ)9911105648554215420180331d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPerforming virginity and testing chastity in the Middle Ages /Kathleen Coyne KellyLondon ;New York :Routledge,2000.1 online resource (208 p.)Routledge research in medieval studies ;2Description based upon print version of record.0-415-75824-6 0-415-22181-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-192) and index.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; IndexThis 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.Routledge research in medieval studies ;2.Literature, MedievalHistory and criticismVirginityReligious aspectsChristianityHistory of doctrinesMiddle Ages, 600-1500Christianity and literatureEuropeHistoryTo 1500RomancesHistory and criticismVirginity in literatureChristian hagiographyLiterature, MedievalHistory and criticism.VirginityReligious aspectsChristianityHistory of doctrinesChristianity and literatureHistoryRomancesHistory and criticism.Virginity in literature.Christian hagiography.809.933538809/.93353Kelly Kathleen Coyne.486992MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779929703321Performing virginity and testing chastity in the Middle Ages3746590UNINA