books.google.fr - From Joan of Arc to Britney Spears, the figure of the virgin has been the subject of considerable scholarly and popular interest. Yet virginity itself is a paradoxical condition, both perfect and monstrous, present and absent, often visible only insofar as it is under threat.Medieval Virginities traces...http://books.google.fr/books/about/Medieval_virginities.html?hl=fr&id=Ua4GqYrnrWkC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareMedieval virginities