This book explores medieval society's fascination with the cross-dressed woman and examines a wide variety of sources which record attempts to overcome gender hierarchy and illustrate a desire to re-examine social gender identities.
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"...a good research tool....worth reading." -- American Historical Review
"Makes excellent outside reading for advanced undergraduates. This book can instruct and interest readers of all levels." -- The Medieval Review
"Makes excellent outside reading for advanced undergraduates. This book can instruct and interest readers of all levels." -- The Medieval Review
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Recent studies of women in the Middle Ages privileges the anomalous over the ordinary. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Middle Ages, Brother Joseph, Roman de Silence, King Oton, Christine de Pizan, Theodora of Alexandria, Tristan de Nanteuil, Angela of Bohemia, Jean Gerson, King Ebains, Ritter Alexander, Ritter Beringer, Vita Hildegundis New!
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Recent studies of women in the Middle Ages privileges the anomalous over the ordinary. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Middle Ages, Brother Joseph, Roman de Silence, King Oton, Christine de Pizan, Theodora of Alexandria, Tristan de Nanteuil, Angela of Bohemia, Jean Gerson, King Ebains, Ritter Alexander, Ritter Beringer, Vita Hildegundis New!
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- Pope Joan by Emmanual Royidis in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- History of Britain 03 Middle by Tim Wood in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Cross Dressing, Sex, and Gender by Vern L. Bullough in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- This Female Man of God: Women and Spiritual Power in the Patristic Age, 350-450 AD by Gillian Cloke in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Female Pope: The Mystery of Pope Joan: The First Complete Documentation of the Facts behind the Legend by Rosemary Pardoe in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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