Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 9506
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): McAvoy , Liz Herbert.
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  • Title: Spiritual Virgin to Virgin Mother: The Confessions of Margery Kempe [The author argues that Margery's struggle to relinquish her sexuality and motherhood paradoxically gives her models for framing her spirituality].
  • Source: Parergon: Journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, New Series 17, 1 (July 1999): Pages 9 - 44.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Gender in Literature Kempe, Margery, Mystic Mary, Virgin, Saint in Literature Mother, Image of Mystics Sexuality Virginity Women in Religion
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  • Geographic Area: British Isles
  • Century: 15
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  • Author's Affiliation: University of Wales, Aberystwyth
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  • Year of Publication: 1999.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 03136221