Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 7851
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Scheil , Andrew P.
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  • Title: Somatic Ambiguity and Masculine Desire in the Old English Life of Euphrosyne [Euphrosyne lives as a eunuch in a monastery ; the text brings out the erotic aspects of homosociality among the monks].
  • Source: Exemplaria: A Journal of Theory in Medieval and Renaissance Studies 11, 2 (Spring 1999): Pages 345 - 361.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Cross Dressing Eunuchs in Literature Euphrosyne, Saint Gender in Literature Hagiography Homoeroticism Homosexuality in Literature Women in Religion
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  • Geographic Area: British Isles
  • Century: 10
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  • Author's Affiliation: University of Hartford
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  • Year of Publication: 1999.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 10412573