Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 8520
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Breeze , Andrew.
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  • Title: Chaucer's "Malkin" and Dafydd Ap Gwilym's "Mald Y Cwd" [this female name had disparaging associations from the thirteenth century onward ; in literature Malkin and Mald were ugly, sluttish hags].
  • Source: Notes and Queries , 2 (June 1995): Pages 159 - 160.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Chaucer, Geoffrey, Poet- Canterbury Tales Dafydd Ap Gwilym, Poet Names, Forenames Sexuality in Literature Welsh Literature Women in Literature
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  • Geographic Area: British Isles
  • Century: 14
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  • Author's Affiliation: University of Navarre
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  • Year of Publication: 1995.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 00293970