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Incest And The Medieval Imagination

  • Hardback
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • 14 x 21.6 x 2.1 cm

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For scholars of medieval literature and history

Examines the complexities of incest laws in the Middle Ages

You will gain insights into cultural and moral narratives

This academic study explores medieval incest laws and their moral implications.
This study begins with an account of the development of medieval incest laws and the extent to which they were obeyed, before presenting a survey of classical incest stories. Many were retold in the Middle Ages, but they were frequently adapted to the purposes of Christian moralizers.
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  • Author

    Elizabeth Archibald (senior Lecturer In English, Senior Lecturer In English, University Of Bristol)

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Oxford University Press

  • Published

    May 2001

  • Weight

    545g

  • Dimensions

    14 x 21.6 x 2.1 cm

  • ISBN

    9780198112099

  • ISBN-10

    0198112092

  • Eden Code

    4710610

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