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 | Woman Defamed and Woman Defended: An Anthology of Medieval Texts (1st Edition) by Alcuin Blamires (Editor), Karen Pratt (Editor), C. W. Marx (Editor), C. William Marx Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 1992 ISBN-10: 0-19-871039-9 / 0198710399 ISBN-13: 978-0-19-871039-4 / 9780198710394 ' ... it is impossible / That any clerk wol speke good of wyves.' Behind the words of Chaucer's Wife of Bath lies a vast corpus of medieval misogynistic writings. These texts, which range from those of the Church Fathers to a rich array of vernacular literature, have had a profound influence on the | |