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Christian hagiography, Christian literature, English (Middle), Christian saints in literature, Christianity, English literature, History, History and criticism, History of doctrines, Monastic and religious life of women, Monasticism and religious orders for women, Religious aspects of Virginity, Religious life, Virginity, Virginity in literature, Women, Women and literature, English literature, history and criticism, middle english, 1100-1500, Virginity, religious aspects, Women, great britain, Kempe, margery, approximately 1373-, Women, religious life, Women, history, middle ages, 500-1500, Christian literature, history and criticismPeople
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Versions of virginity in late medieval England
2001, D.S. Brewer
in English
0859916227 9780859916226
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Table of Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction
Scope of the Study
The Critical Map
Narratives of Virginity
2. Perpetual Incorruption in Corruptible Flesh: Towards a Theory of
Virginity
Medieval Terms
Modem Terms
3. Performing Virginity: The Katherine Group
Binaries of Sanctity
Virgin Martyr Legends
The AB Texts
Virgins and Romance
Sponsae Christi
Sex, Violence and Spectacle
More Hagiographic Virginities
4. Containing Virginity: The Veil and the Wall
Some Parameters
Gendering Nuns
The Monastic Self in the Community
The Veil and the Virgin Individual
The Wall and the Virgin Community
The Nun of Watton
5. Like A Virgin? The Book of Margery Kempe
Placing Margery
Modes and Techniques of the Book
Reclaiming Yirginity
Hagiographic and Other Models
Margery and the Virgin Martyrs
Continuities and Ruptures
Martyrdom and Closure
Suffering and Penitence
Martyrdom by Slander
White Clothes
Relationships, Sexuality and Desire
Final Remarks
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-269) and index.
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