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Medieval misogyny and the invention of Western romantic love / R. Howard Bloch.
LIBRA HQ1143 .B56 1991
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bloch, R. Howard.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--History--Middle Ages, 500-1500.
- Women.
- History.
- Misogyny--Europe--History.
- Misogyny.
- Patriarchy--Europe--History.
- Patriarchy.
- Love--History.
- Love.
- Europe.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 298 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1991.
- Summary:
- AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Molestiae Nuptiarum and the Yahwist Creation2. Early Christianity and the Estheticization of Gender3. "Devil's Getaway" and "Bride of Christ"4. The Poetics of Virginity5. The Old French Lay and the Myriad Modes of Male Indiscretion6. The Love Lyric and the Paradox of Perfection7. Heiresses and Dowagers: The Power of Women to DisposeNotesBibliographyIndex
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-290) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0226059723
- 0226059731
- OCLC:
- 23384527
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