Female Authority during the Knights’ Quest ? Recluses in the Queste del Saint Graal

Female recluses were prominent in the medieval spiritual landscapes, but, unlike hermits, these vigorously enclosed women are almost non-existent in medieval romance. The thirteenth-century French Lancelot-Grail cycle is no exception, as hermits frequently instruct knights in these texts, but reclus...

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Main Author: Anastasija Ropa
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Centre d'Études Médievales Auxerre 2006-09-01
Series:Bulletin du Centre d’Études Médiévales d’Auxerre
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/cem/14426