Table of contents for Versions of virginity in late medieval England / Sarah Salih.


1. Introduction
Scope of the Study
The Critical Map
Narratives of Virginity
2. Perpetual Incorruption in Corruptible Flesh: Towards a Theory of
Virginity
Medieval Terms
Modem Terms
3. Performing Virginity: The Katherine Group
Binaries of Sanctity
Virgin Martyr Legends
The AB Texts
Virgins and Romance
Sponsae Christi
Sex, Violence and Spectacle
More Hagiographic Virginities
4. Containing Virginity: The Veil and the Wall
Some Parameters
Gendering Nuns
The Monastic Self in the Community
The Veil and the Virgin Individual
The Wall and the Virgin Community
The Nun of Watton
5. Like A Virgin? The Book of Margery Kempe
Placing Margery
Modes and Techniques of the Book
Reclaiming Yirginity
Hagiographic and Other Models
Margery and the Virgin Martyrs



Continuities and Ruptures
Martyrdom and Closure
Suffering and Penitence
Martyrdom by Slander
White Clothes
Relationships, Sexuality and Desire
Final Remarks
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index