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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819320203321

Titolo

Christina of Markyate : a twelfth-century holy woman / / edited by Samuel Fanous and Henrietta Leyser

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

1-134-39392-X

1-134-39393-8

0-203-49385-0

1-280-26740-2

9786610267408

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (283 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FanousSamuel <1962->

LeyserHenrietta

Disciplina

271/.9

B

Soggetti

Christian women saints - England

Women - England - History - Middle Ages, 500-1500

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 254-260) and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; 1 CHRISTINA OF MARKYATE; 2 CHRISTINA OF MARKYATE; 3 ST ALBANS AND WOMEN'S MONASTICISM; 4 CHRISTINA OF MARKYATE AND THE DOUBLE CROWN; 5 THE UNKNOWN PILGRIM; 6 THE LOVES OF CHRISTINA OF MARKYATE; 7 THE MARRIAGES OF CHRISTINA OF MARKYATE; 8 RANULF FLAMBARD AND CHRISTINA OF MARKYATE; 9 DINING AT MARKYATE WITH LADY CHRISTINA; 10 ALTERNATIVE INTIMACIES; 11 CHRISTINA'S TEMPTING; 12 THE ST ALBANS PSALTER; 13 THE LIFE OF ST ALEXIS, 475-1125

14 CHRISTINA OF MARKYATE AND THE HERMITS AND ANCHORITES OF ENGLANDLIST OF SITES AND HERMITS; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX OF NAMES AND PLACES

Sommario/riassunto

Samuel Fanous and Henrietta Leyser present a vivid interdisciplinary study devoted to the life, work and extant vita of Christina of Markyate, which draws on research from a wide range of disciplines. This



fascinating and comprehensive collection surveys the life of an extraordinary medieval woman. Christina of Markyate made a vow of chastity at an early age, against the wishes of her parents who intended her to marry. When forced into wedlock, she fled in disguise and went into hiding, receiving refuge in a network of hermitages. Christina became a religious recluse and eve