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'Woman, who is equal to the moon in the flower of youth, Is equal to a little old ape after the onset of old age' This remarkable collection brings together a h
Medieval Women Writers
Language: en
Pages: 401
Authors: Katharina M. Wilson
Categories: Literary Collections
Type: BOOK - Published: 1984 - Publisher: University of Georgia Press

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This is one of the first anthologies devoted to the writings of women in the Middle Ages. The fifteen women whose works are represented span seven centuries, ei
By Women, for Women, about Women
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Pages: 348
Authors: Gertrud Jaron Lewis
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Gendering the Master Narrative
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Pages: 284
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A new economy of power relations: female agency in the middle ages / Mary C. Erler and Maryanne Kowaleski -- Women and power through the family revisited / Jo A
Holy Feast and Holy Fast
Language: en
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Authors: Caroline Walker Bynum
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Type: BOOK - Published: 1988-01-07 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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In the period between 1200 and 1500 in western Europe, a number of religious women gained widespread veneration and even canonization as saints for their extrao