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"Black's study on falsely accused queens breaks new ground through its intertextual analysis of a broad selection of hitherto marginalized literary and visual narratives. The careful contextualization of her readings demonstrates admirably the hold that these figures had on the imagination of creators and audiences from across medieval Europe over a period of four centuries and down to the modern era."--Robert L. A. Clark, Kansas State University <p>This study of medieval stories of accused queens--noble and hapless victims whose suffering becomes a metaphor of larger social injustice--identifies the two principal types of this fictional narrative and explores their popularity from the 13th to the 15th centuries. Offering evidence of lively debate in the Middle Ages about the nature of women, the book considers such topics as the perpetual lustiness of men, the powerlessness of women, the nature of "good" women, slander as evidence of legal failure, the purifying value of affliction, and economic discrepancies between the rich and the poor.&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;Nancy Black characterizes each type of narrative as a four-part structure in which the virtuous heroine falls twice from a p

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Author

NANCY B. BLACK

Publisher

University Press of Florida

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9780813026404

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Travel, Literary Criticism