New research into medieval women from the Anglo-Saxon to the late medieval period demonstrates their energy, defiance and wit. Front cover -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF PLATES -- ABBREVIATIONS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- Introduction 'BECOMING BENE-STRAW' -- 1. THE...
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New research into medieval women from the Anglo-Saxon to the late medieval period demonstrates their energy, defiance and wit. Front cover -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF PLATES -- ABBREVIATIONS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- Introduction 'BECOMING BENE-STRAW' -- 1. THE AGE OF DISCRETION: WOMEN AT FORTY AND BEYOND -- 2. SEEKING THE MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN IN MEDIEVAL WALES -- 3. MIDDLE AGE IN ROMANCE? MAGIC, ENCHANTMENT AND FEMALE POWER -- 4. AGE AND DESIRE IN THE OLD ENGLISH LIFE OF ST MARY OF EGYPT: A QUEERER TIME AND PLACE? -- 5. THE ST ALBANS PSALTER: SEX, DESIRE AND THE MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN -- 6. SPEAKING VOLUMES: THE MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN AND THE BOOK IN MEDIEVAL ENGLAND -- 7. 'LATE HIR SEYE WHAT SCHE WYL': OLDER WOMEN'SSPEECH AND THE BOOK OF MARGERY KEMPE -- 8. PREPARING FOR MATURE YEARS: THE CASE OF MARGARET OF ANJOU AND HER BOOKS -- Select Bibliography -- INDEX.
