Covert operations : the medieval uses of secrecy /

Covert operations : the medieval uses of secrecy /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Lochrie, Karma.
Imprint:	Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c1999.
Description:	292 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Middle Ages series
Subject:	English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism Women and literature -- England -- History -- To 1500. Women -- England -- History -- Middle Ages, 500-1500. Marriage customs and rites, Medieval. Science, Medieval, in literature. Law, Medieval, in literature. Marriage in literature. Secrecy in literature. Gossip in literature. Sodomy in literature. English literature -- Middle English. Gossip in literature. Law, Medieval, in literature. Marriage customs and rites, Medieval. Marriage in literature. Science, Medieval, in literature. Secrecy in literature. Social conditions Sodomy in literature. Women and literature. Women -- Middle Ages. England -- Social conditions -- 1066-1485. England. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3561885

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ISBN:	0812234731 (acid-free paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-286) and index.

Table of Contents:

Introduction, or Dark Matter
1. Tongues Untied: Confession and Its Secrets
2. Tongues Wagging: Gossip, Women, and Indiscreet Secrets
3. Men's Ways of Knowing: The Secret of Secrets and the Secrets of Women
4. Covert Women and Their Mysteries
5. Sodomy and Other Female Perversions.