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III - Health, Conduct, and Knowledge

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2023

Edited by
Corinne Saunders  and
Diane Watt
Corinne Saunders
Affiliation:
Durham University
Diane Watt
Affiliation:
University of Surrey
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Women and Medieval Literary Culture
From the Early Middle Ages to the Fifteenth Century
 , pp. 139 - 226
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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