A welcome contribution to European history and literature, and to theoretical perspectives on material and cultural representations and constructions. (It) will certainly make a significant contribution to developments in this area. ENACH: FMRSI REVIEWS (The author's) scholarship, copious quotations, and attentiveness to detail render her thesis utterly persuasive. A satisfying, historically-nuanced analysis that counters simplistic assumptions about medieval subjectivity and culture. ENCOMIA