Performing virginity and testing chastity in the Middle Ages /
[Book]
Kathleen Coyne Kelly.
New York :
Routledge,
2000.
1 online resource (x, 197 pages)
Routledge research in medieval studies ;
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-192) and index.
Chapter Introduction -- Castitas/Virginitas The virgin ... -- chapter 1 Hymenologies -- The multiple signs of virginity -- chapter 2 "Armour of proof" -- The virgin and the church in hagiography -- chapter 3 "Love's traces" -- The lady and the test in vernacular romance -- chapter 4 Oxymoronic bodies -- Male virgins in hagiography and romance -- chapter 5 Multiple virgins and contemporary virginities.
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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.
Performing virginity and testing chastity in the Middle Ages.
0415221811
Christian hagiography.
Christianity and literature-- Europe-- History-- To 1500.
Literature, Medieval-- History and criticism.
Romances-- History and criticism.
Virginity in literature.
Virginity-- Religious aspects-- Christianity-- History of doctrines-- Middle Ages, 600-1500.