Covert Operations The Medieval Uses of Secrecy |
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| Author:
| Lochrie, Karma |
| Series title: | The Middle Ages Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8122-2174-9 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2011 |
| Publisher: | University of Pennsylvania Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $29.95 |
Book Description:
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Covert Operations brings the categories and cultural meanings of secrecy in the Middle Ages out into the open. Isolating five broad areas--confession, women's gossip, medieval science and medicine, marriage and the law, and sodomitic discourse--Lochrie examines various types of secrecy and the literary texts in which they are played out.
Covert Operations brings the categories and cultural meanings of secrecy in the Middle Ages out into the open. Isolating five broad areas--confession, women's gossip, medieval science and medicine, marriage and the law, and sodomitic discourse--Lochrie examines various types of secrecy and the literary texts in which they are played out.