Beyond Borders: Women Poets in Ireland, Scotland, and Wales up to c. 1500

Cathryn Charnell-White

doi:10.1017/9781108869485.023

Beyond Borders: Women Poets in Ireland, Scotland, and Wales up to c. 1500

Cathryn Charnell-White

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Iaith wreiddiol	Saesneg
Teitl	Women and Medieval Literary Culture
Is-deitl	From the Early Middle Ages to the Fifteenth Century
Golygyddion	Diane Watt, Corinne Saunders
Man cyhoeddi	Cambridge
Cyhoeddwr	Cambridge University Press
Pennod	22
Tudalennau	457-477
ISBN (Electronig)	9781108869485
ISBN (Argraffiad)	9781108835916
Dynodwyr Gwrthrych Digidol (DOIs)	https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108869485.023
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Beyond Borders: Women Poets in Ireland, Scotland, and Wales up to c. 1500

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