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Record Number: 8407 Author(s)/Creator(s): Sanok , Catherine. Contributor(s): Title: Performing Feminine Sanctity in Later Medieval England: Parish Guilds, Saints' Plays, and the "Second Nun's Tale" [The author signals the "oppositional potential" of plays, pageants, and Chaucer's dramatic recounting of the lives of female martyrs. Seeing women, who are normally excluded from authority, portrayed as preaching and teaching (without any suggestion of heterodoxy) must have made civic and ecclesiastical officials nervous. Title note supplied by Feminae.]. Source URL: Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies (Full Text via Project Muse) 32, 2 (Spring 2002): 269-303. Link Info target = '_blank'>Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies (Full Text via Project Muse) 32, 2 (Spring 2002): 269-303. Link Info Description: Article Type: Journal Article Subject (See Also): Chaucer, Geoffrey, Poet- Canterbury Tales- Second Nun's Tale Hagiography Lay Piety Literature- Drama Literature- Verse Martyrs Pageants Parish Guilds Women in Literature Award Note: Geographic Area: British Isles Century: 14- 15- 16 Primary Evidence: Illustrations: Table: Abstract: Related Resources: Author's Affiliation: University of Michigan Conference Info: - , - Year of Publication: 2002. Language: English ISSN/ISBN: 10829636 0

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