The Lady and the Virgin

List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Foreword by Catharine R. Stimpson
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Secular Image: Women in Chanson de Geste and Romance
Literature and History: Some Methodological Concerns
Chanson de Geste
Romance
2. Religious Image: The Iconography of the Virgin Mary
The Romanesque Image: The Virgin and Child
The Early Gothic Image: The Triumph of the Virgin
The Coronation of the Virgin and the Standing Virgin and Child
The Virgin Mary and Attitudes toward Women
3. Religious Life: The Monastic Experience
Historical Survey
The Reform Movements
The Order of Fontevrault
4. Secular Life: Control of Property
5. Conclusion
Selected Bibliography
Index