Description: List of Illustrations List of Tables Foreword by Catharine R. Stimpson Preface Acknowledgments 1. Secular Image: Women in Chanson de Geste and Romance Literature and History: Some Methodological Concerns Chanson de Geste Romance 2. Religious Image: The Iconography of the Virgin Mary The Romanesque Image: The Virgin and Child The Early Gothic Image: The Triumph of the Virgin The Coronation of the Virgin and the Standing Virgin and Child The Virgin Mary and Attitudes toward Women 3. Religious Life: The Monastic Experience Historical Survey The Reform Movements The Order of Fontevrault 4. Secular Life: Control of Property 5. Conclusion Selected Bibliography Index

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