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Performing virginity and testing chastity in the Middle Ages

Author: Kathleen Coyne Kelly
Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.
Series: Routledge research in medieval studies, 2.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"Performing Virginity and Testing Chastity in the Middle Ages challenges the belief that female virginity can be reliably and unambiguously defined, tested, and verified. Kelly analyzes a variety of medieval Western European texts, including medical treatises and their classical antecedents, and historical and legal documents. The main focus is the representation of both female and male virgins in saints' legends and  Read more...
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Kathleen Coyne Kelly
ISBN: 0415221811 9780415221818
OCLC Number: 41951288
Description: x, 197 p. ; 24 cm.
Series Title: Routledge research in medieval studies, 2.
Responsibility: Kathleen Coyne Kelly.
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"Performing Virginity and Testing Chastity in the Middle Ages challenges the belief that female virginity can be reliably and unambiguously defined, tested, and verified. Kelly analyzes a variety of medieval Western European texts, including medical treatises and their classical antecedents, and historical and legal documents. The main focus is the representation of both female and male virgins in saints' legends and romances. The author also explores examples from contemporary fiction, television, and film in which testing virginity is a theme."--BOOK JACKET.

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