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Author

Bloch, R. Howard.

Title Medieval misogyny and the invention of Western romantic love / R. Howard Bloch.

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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1991.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 3rd Floor Stacks	305.40902 B62m 1991	---	Available

Description	ix, 298 p. ; 24 cm.
Note	Spine title: Medieval misogyny & the invention of Western romantic love.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-290) and index.
Contents	Molestiae nuptiarum and the Yahwist creation -- Early Christianity and the estheticization of gender -- "Devil's gateway" and "Bride of Christ" -- Poetics of virginity -- Old French lay and the myriad modes of male indiscretion -- Love lyric and the paradox of perfection -- Heiresses and dowagers : the power of women to dispose.
Subject	Women -- History -- Middle Ages, 500-1500.
	Social history -- Medieval, 500-1500.
	Misogyny -- Europe -- History.
	Patriarchy -- Europe -- History.
	Love -- History.
ISBN	0226059731 (pbk. : alk. paper)
	0226059723 (alk. paper)