{"product_id":"performing-virginity-and-testing-chastity-in-the-middle-ages-0415221811","title":"Performing Virginity and Testing Chastity in the Middle Ages","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0415221811\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Kelly, Kathleen Coyne\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book challenges the belief that female virginity can be reliably and unambiguously defined, tested and verified. Kelly analyses a variety of medieval Western European texts - including medical treatises and their Classical antecedents - and historical and legal documents. The main focus is the representation of both male and female virgins in saints' legends and romances. The author also makes a comparative study of examples from contemporary fiction, television and film in which testing virginity is a theme. Performing Virginity and Testing Chastity in the Middle Ages presents a compelling and provocative study of the parodox of bodily and spiritual integrity as both presence and absence.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51865755615520,"sku":"NEW0415221811","price":207.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/61hG9_uqxCL.jpg?v=1781667070","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/performing-virginity-and-testing-chastity-in-the-middle-ages-0415221811","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}