Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 1724
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Boklund-Lagopoulou , Karin.
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  • Title: Yate of Heven: Conceptions of the Female Body in the Religious Lyrics [The author explores a variety of images including Jesus as nourishing mother, the soul as the bride of Christ, the body as the site of decay and corruption, and the closed, virginal body].
  • Source: Writing Religious Women: Female Spiritual and Textual Practices in Late Medieval England.  Edited by Denis Renevey and Christiania Whitehead.  University of Toronto Press, 2000.  Pages 133 - 154.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Body Devotional Literature Gender in Literature Jesus Christ- Passion in Literature Literature- Verse Mary, Virgin, Saint in Literature Readers Virginity Women in Religion
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  • Geographic Area: British Isles
  • Century: 13- 14
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  • Author's Affiliation: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
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  • Year of Publication: 2000.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 0802035175