Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-149) and index.
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"Becoming bene'straw" : the middle-aged woman in the Middle Ages / Sue Niebrzydowski -- Age of discretion : women at forty and beyond / Anneke B. Mulder-Bakker -- Seeking the middle-aged woman in medieval Wales / Sara Elin Roberts -- Middle age in romance? Magic, enchantment and female power / Corinne Saunders -- Age and desire in the Old English Life of St. Mary of Egypt : a queerer time and place? / Diane Watt and Clare A. Lees -- St. Albans Psalter : sex, desire and the middle-aged woman / Jane Geddes -- Speaking volumes : the middle-aged woman and the book in medieval England / Carol M. Meale -- "Late hir seye what sche wyl" : older women's speech and the Book of Margery Kempe / Sue Niebrzydowski -- Preparing for mature years : the case of Margaret of Anjou and her books / Raluca L. Radulescu.