Performing Virginity and Testing Chastity in the Middle Ages

by Kathleen Coyne Kelly

Book Overview

This book challenges the belief that female virginity can be reliably and unambiguously defined, tested and verified. Kelly analyses a variety of medieval Western European texts - including medical... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415221811
• ISBN13: 9780415221818
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"