Download or read book Voice and Voicelessness in Medieval Europe written by Irit Ruth Kleiman and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-09-30 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve medieval scholars from a wide range of disciplines, including law, literature, and religion address the question: What did it mean to possess a voice - or to be without one - during the Middle Ages? This collection reveals how the philosophy, theology, and aesthetics of the voice inhabit some of the most canonical texts of the Middle Ages.