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Eloquent Virgins - The Rhetoric of Virginity from Thecla to Joan of Arc (Hardcover, First) Loot Price: R1,524
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Eloquent Virgins - The Rhetoric of Virginity from Thecla to Joan of Arc (Hardcover, First): M Mcinerney

Eloquent Virgins - The Rhetoric of Virginity from Thecla to Joan of Arc (Hardcover, First)

M Mcinerney

Series: The New Middle Ages

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The tales of the virgin martyrs typically emphasize the torture and mutilation of beautiful young women. To the modern reader, these medieval texts seem like exercises in sadism, but they also provided Medieval women such as Hildegard of Bingen and Joan of Arc with role models who helped them to shape their own extraordinary destinies. This book explores the ability of the virgin body to generate contradictory meanings, both repressive and liberating, depending on who told the tale and how it was told.

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Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin: United States
Series: The New Middle Ages
Release date: October 2003
First published: September 2003
Authors: M Mcinerney
Dimensions: 216 x 140 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 250
Edition: First
ISBN-13: 978-0-312-22350-2
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval
Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500
Books > Humanities > History > European history > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General
Books > History > European history > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500
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LSN: 0-312-22350-1
Barcode: 9780312223502

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