Medieval Folklore
Subtitle: A Guide to Myths, Legends, Tales, Beliefs, and Customs
Contributors: Carl Lindahl (Editor); John McNamara (Editor); John Lindow (Editor)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: March 25, 2002
Language: eng
Number of pages: 470
ISBN-13: 9780195147728
First sentence: Accused Queen. Most often, a woman who is first abused in her parents' home and later slandered and otherwise persecuted in the home of her husband; more rarely, a woman falsely charged with adultery; a common figure in late-medieval romances, chronicles, and saints' lives, also known as the Calumniated Woman.