03390oam 2200721I 450 991081932020332120230617041427.01-134-39392-X1-134-39393-80-203-49385-01-280-26740-2978661026740810.4324/9780203493854(CKB)1000000000444891(EBL)182543(OCoLC)437055411(SSID)ssj0000121916(PQKBManifestationID)11147923(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000121916(PQKBWorkID)10110901(PQKB)10624500(SSID)ssj0000357820(PQKBManifestationID)12087716(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000357820(PQKBWorkID)10359176(PQKB)11293450(MiAaPQ)EBC182543(Au-PeEL)EBL182543(CaPaEBR)ebr10161824(CaONFJC)MIL26740(OCoLC)252749=776(EXLCZ)99100000000044489120180706d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrChristina of Markyate a twelfth-century holy woman /edited by Samuel Fanous and Henrietta LeyserLondon ;New York :Routledge,2005.1 online resource (283 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-30859-3 0-415-30858-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 254-260) and index.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, 475-112514 CHRISTINA OF MARKYATE AND THE HERMITS AND ANCHORITES OF ENGLANDLIST OF SITES AND HERMITS; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX OF NAMES AND PLACESSamuel 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 eveChristian women saintsEnglandBiographyWomenEnglandHistoryMiddle Ages, 500-1500SourcesChristian women saintsWomenHistory271/.9BFanous Samuel1962-1650481Leyser Henrietta218797MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819320203321Christina of Markyate3999891UNINA