Twice marginal and twice invisible: Lesbians in the middle aces

Handbook of Medieval Sexuality

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 191-222

  Murray, Jacqueline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203054284-10     Document Type: Chapter

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