Medieval Misogyny and the Invention of Western Romantic Love by R. Howard Bloch

Medieval Misogyny and the Invention of Western Romantic Love

R. Howard Bloch

308 pages 1991

2 editions

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Until now the advent of Western romantic love has been seen as a liberation from—or antidote to—ten centuries of misogyny. In this major contribution to gender studies, R. Howard Bloch demonstrates how similar the ubiquitous antifeminism of mediev...

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