Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 9123
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Bullough , Vern L.
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  • Title: Cross Dressing and Gender Role Change in the Middle Ages [while female cross dressing is not uncommon in medieval saints' lives, there was apparently much less tolerance for male cross dressers given the less powerful role of women].
  • Source: Handbook of Medieval Sexuality.  Edited by Vern L. Bullough and James A. Brundage.  Garland Reference Library of the Humanities vol. 1696. Garland Publishing, 1996.  Pages 223 - 242.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Cross Dressing Gender Hagiography
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  • Geographic Area: General
  • Century: General
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  • Author's Affiliation: University of Southern California
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  • Year of Publication: 1996.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 0815312873