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Book SynopsisIn Allegorical Bodies, Daisy Delogu examines how gendered literary and legal language articulated new concepts of France and Frenchness during the tumultuous reign of the mad king Charles VI (13801422).
Trade Review'In Allegorical Bodies, Daisy Delogu offers a fascinating discussion of the emergence of France as a feminized figure at the same time that women were excluded from royal rule.' -- Katherine Clark The Medieval Review November 2015 'Ambitious and beautifully crafted book... Delogu's careful reading and attention to surplus meaning allows her to expand our frames of reference regarding the purpose and effect of the late medieval allegorical arguments.' -- Nancy Ann Mcloughlin Sehepunkte June 2016 'Remarkably well documented study... Delogu's work offers a new perspective on female allegories of late Middle Ages...Her interdisciplinary approach deserves a wide readership among those interested in authors, theologians, and legal scholars that Delogu examines here.' -- Judy Kem Renaissance Quarterly vol 69:02:2016 'Daisy Delogu has written a fascinating, elegant, and original study of the gendering of metaphor and allegory in late medieval political writing in France...Most excellent study.' -- Kathy M. Krause H-France vol 16:75:2016
Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Allegory Is a Woman 2. From douce France to the dame renommee: Figuring the French Body Politic 3. Jean Gerson and the University of Paris 4. Envisioning the Body Politic before and after the Treaty of Troyes Coda: What to Say about Joan of Arc?
