Language as the Site of Revolt in Medieval and Early Modern England

1. Introduction
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2. The Control and Criminalization of Women’s Speech
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3. The “Imagined Woman”
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4. Women, Conversation, Crime, and the Courts
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5. The Assembly of Ladies: Rebelling in Eden
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6. Code-Switching: Male Crossing into Female Speech Domain
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7. Margery Kempe: “I Grab the Microphone and Move My Body”— Volatile Speech, Volatile Bodies
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8. Conclusion
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Avainsanat: Literature, Medieval Literature, Cultural History, Gender Studies, Early Modern/Renaissance Literature, History of Britain and Ireland, History of Medieval Europe