This book challenges the belief that female virginity can be reliably and unambiguously defined, tested and verified. Kelly analyses a variety of medieval Weste

This study presents a compelling and provocative study of virginity, which challenges the belief that female virginity can be reliably and unambiguously defined

This book is a prose translation of a selection of women saints' lives from the Gilte Legende, the Middle English version of Jacobus de Voragine's Legenda Aurea

The variety of subjects and disciplines represented here testify both to the elusiveness of virginity and to its lasting appeal and importance. Medieval Virgini

Brought together by an impressive, international array of contributors this book presents a representative study of some of the many misinterpretations that hav