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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Gender and text in the later Middle Ages / edited by Jane Chance.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8130-1391-7
1. Literature, Medieval--History and criticism. 2. Women in literature. 3. Sex roles in
literature. I. Chance, Jane, 1945--.
PN682.W6G46 1996
809'.89287'0902--dc20 95-47596

Chapter 7, by Sarah Beckwith, is reprinted from Culture and History ( 1992), edited by
David Aers, by permission of the Wayne State University Press.

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