by Angela Jane Weisl (Editor), Weisl (Author), Cindy Carlson (Editor)
To be a virgin or a widow never promised a stable, uniform status to a woman during the Middle Ages. Constructions of Widowhood and Virginity in the Middle Ages addresses many facets of these two female positions in medieval literature: gender constructions;
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 10 Dec 1999
ISBN 10: 0312211368
ISBN 13: 9780312211363