Abstract
The chanson de nonne presents stereotypical images of young women whose bodies and voices are trapped within the confines of a nunnery. Close examination of the architectural metaphors used to describe virginity and chastity in the Middle Ages allows comparisons to be made between the structures - metaphorical, musical and textual - that held fictitious nuns within the frame of the clerical imagination at the centre of thirteenth-century motet production.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 159-188 |
| Number of pages | 30 |
| Journal | Journal of the Royal Musical Association |
| Volume | 133 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2008 |