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Sanctity As Literature in Late Medieval Britain
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Because he spends his time dreaming, the villagers are convinced that Appelemando will never amount to much but in time his dreams change the village and all the people in it
By Anke Bernau (editor)
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Hardcover:

9780719089701 | Manchester Univ Pr, May 1, 2015, cover price $100.00

Paperback:

9780399228353, titled "Appelemando's Dreams" | Sandcastle, March 1, 1995, cover price $5.95 | also contains Appelemando''s Dreams | About this edition: Because he spends his time dreaming, the villagers are convinced that Appelemando will never amount to much but in time his dreams change the village and all the people in it

Virgins: A Cultural History
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Product Description: In the Middle Ages it was believed that only a virgin could charm a unicorn out of hiding; but far from being a quaint, anachronistic concept, virginity remains a central value in Western culture. Typing "virgin" into Google results in more than one million hits and includes everything from the Anti-Nicene Fathers to advertisements for free teen virgins, displaying a range of current cultural preoccupations with virginity...read more
By Anke Bernau
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9781862078109 | Granta Books, November 1, 2007, cover price $36.95 | About this edition: Asks why virginity has remained so important in western civilization, and looks at the changing roles of virginity over the last 800 years, drawing on a wide range of examples from medieval saints to contemporary vampire-slayers.

Paperback:

9781847080127 | Granta Books, August 1, 2008, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: In the Middle Ages it was believed that only a virgin could charm a unicorn out of hiding; but far from being a quaint, anachronistic concept, virginity remains a central value in Western culture.

Medieval Virginities
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Product Description: From Joan of Arc to Britney Spears, the figure of the virgin has been the subject of considerable scholarly and popular interest. Yet virginity itself is a paradoxical condition, both perfect and monstrous, present and absent, often visible only insofar as it is under threat...read more
By Anke Bernau (editor) and Sarah Salih (editor)
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9780708317631 | Univ of Wales Pr, January 1, 2003, cover price $64.95 | About this edition: From Joan of Arc to Britney Spears, the figure of the virgin has been the subject of considerable scholarly and popular interest.

Paperback:

9780802086372 | Univ of Toronto Pr, September 1, 2003, cover price $31.95 | About this edition: From Joan of Arc to Britney Spears, the figure of the virgin has been the subject of considerable scholarly and popular interest.
9780708317624 | Univ of Wales Pr, January 1, 2003, cover price $26.95 | About this edition: Virgins and virginity are frequently referred to in late medieval culture and in particular in historical, medical, legal and hagiographical literature.

Medieval Virginites
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By Anke Bernau (editor), Ruth Evans (editor) and Sarah Salih (editor)
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Hardcover:

9780802089601 | Univ of Toronto Pr, May 1, 2003, cover price $63.00

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