​Lydgate's Biography

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Ebin, Lois A. John Lydgate. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1985. Print.
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Pearsall, Derek. John Lydgate. Charlottesville: U of Virginia Press, 1970.​ Print.

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---. John Lydgate (1371-1449): A Bio-bibliography. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria. 1997. Print.
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​Critical Responses



Schirmer, Walter F. John Lydgate: A Study in the Culture of the XVth Century. Trans. Ann E. Keep. Berkeley: U of California Press, 1961. Print.



Anxieties about Women



Nesler, Miranda Garno. "Bestial Empowerment: Approaching Polymorphous Nature." Performing Humanity. Perform Humanity. 12 Oct. 2012. Web. 12 Oct. 30 April 2013.



Phillips, Kim M. Medieval Maidens: Young Women and Gender in England, 1270-1540. New York: Palgrave, 2003. Print.​

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Williams, Marty and Anne Echols. Between Pit and Pedestal: Women in the Middle Ages. Princeton: Princeton Academic Press, 1994. Print.



Sartorial Concerns



Cosgrave, Bronwyn. The Complete History of Costume & Fashion: From Ancient Egypt to the Present Day. New York: Checkmark Books, 2001. Print.

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Dahl, Camilla Luise and Isis Sturtewagen. "The Cap of St. Birgitta." Medieval Clothing and Textiles, vol. 4. Ed. Robin Netherton and Gale R. Owen-Crocker. Woodbridge: Boydell and Brewer, 2008: 99-142. Print.



​Payne, Blanche. The History of Costume: From Ancient Mesopotamia through the Twentieth Century. 2nd ed. New York: Harper Collins Publishers, inc., 1992. Print.

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Ribeiro, Aileen. Dress and Morality. London: Berg, 2003. Print.

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Wilcox, R. Turner. The Mode in Hats and Headdresses. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1945. Print.