Love cures
Subtitle: healing and love magic in old French romance
By: Laine E. Doggett.
Series: Penn State romance studies
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press; Penn State University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: University Park, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780271035307; 9780271035314
Subjects: Romances -- History and criticism; French literature -- To 1500 -- History and criticism; Women healers in literature; Magic in literature; Love in literature; Healing in literature
Description: "Examines literary portrayals of women who practice healing and love magic, and argues that these figures were modeled on informally trained practitioners common in the magico-medical paradigm of the high Middle Ages, and were well-respected and successful"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.