UID:
edocfu_9958352427502883
Format:
1 online resource (304 pages) :
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illustrations.
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Edition:
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ISBN:
9780812207194
Series Statement:
The Middle Ages Series
Content:
Covert Operations brings the categories and cultural meanings of secrecy in the Middle Ages out into the open. Isolating five broad areas—confession, women's gossip, medieval science and medicine, marriage and the law, and sodomitic discourse—Lochrie examines various types of secrecy and the literary texts in which they are played out.
Note:
Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Introduction, or Dark Matter --
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1. Tongues Untied: Confession and Its Secrets --
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2. Tongues Wagging: Gossip, Women, and Indiscreet Secrets --
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3. Men's Ways of Knowing: The Secret of Secrets and the Secrets of Women --
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4. Covert Women and Their Mysteries --
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5. Sodomy and Other Female Perversions --
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Notes --
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Bibliography --
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Index --
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Acknowledgments.
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.9783/9780812207194
URL:
https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812207194
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