Medieval Maidens: Young Women and Gender in England, 1270-1540
- Author / Editor
- Phillips, Kim M.
Medieval Maidens: Young Women and Gender in England, 1270-1540
- Published
- Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, 2003.
- Physical Description
- xvi, 246 pp.
- Series
- Manchester Medieval Studies.
- Description
- Examines how the "experiences and voices" of young, unmarried women in late-medieval England reflect ideals of femininity and the social processes of becoming adult women. Focuses on social history and literature, with recurrent mention of CT, TC, and LGW.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Canterbury Tales--General.
- Troilus and Criseyde.
- Legend of Good Women.