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Record Number:
7655
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Sinclair , Finn.
Contributor(s):
Title:
Defending the Castle: Didactic Literature and the Containment of Female Sexuality [three didactic texts, written by and for men, advise that women need to be restrained morally and physically because of their immoderate sexual appetites].
Source:
Reading Medieval Studies 22, ( 1996): Pages 5 - 19.
Description:
Article Type:
Journal Article
Subject
(See Also)
:
Body
Handbooks
Literature- Prose
Literature- Verse
Llull, Ramon, Theologian- Doctrine d'Enfant
Philippe de Novara, Author- Quatre Ages de l'Homme
Robert de Blois, Poet- Chastoiement des Dames
Sexuality in Literature
Women's Nature
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
France
Century:
13
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Abstract:
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Author's Affiliation:
University of Edinburgh
Conference Info:
- , -
Year of Publication:
1996.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
09503129