Representations of the Feminine in the Middle Ages, 1995, 28 ill. n.b., 356 p., rel. -

The essays in this volume have a common theme and preoccupation : an intention to present medieval women - in life, literature, hagiography and art - as they thought of themselves, teased from the work of theirintermediaries (Hildegard of Bingen, Christine of Pisan) or from the works, words and social milieux of men (Chaucer's women, Chretien's patrons, the empress Theodora and others). Feminea Mediaevaliais designed to foreground feminine and feminist topics and issues in the field of medieval studies.