The Lady as saint : a collection of French hagiographic romances of the thirteenth century / / [edited by] Brigitte Cazelles
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| Autore: |
Cazelles Brigitte
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| Titolo: |
The Lady as saint : a collection of French hagiographic romances of the thirteenth century / / [edited by] Brigitte Cazelles
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| Pubblicazione: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , 1991 |
| ©1991 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (343 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 841/.0308382 |
| Soggetto topico: | French poetry - To 1500 |
| Christian women saints | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Persona (resp. second.): | CazellesBrigitte |
| Note generali: | Selected and translated from Old French texts. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Holy Perfection in the Old French Tradition -- 2. Female Sanctity: Trial by Disclosure -- 3. Femininity Circumscribed -- The Life of Saint Agnes. Version A -- The Life of Saint Barbara -- The Life of Catherine of Alexandria. Version B -- The Life of Saint Christina -- The Life of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary -- The Life of Saint Euphrosina -- The Life of Saint Faith -- The Life of Saint Juliana -- The Life of Saint Margaret of Antioch -- The Life of Saint Marina -- The Life of Mary the Egyptian -- The Life of Saint Paula -- The Life of Saint Thais -- Notes -- The Ninth-Century Sequence of Saint Eulalia -- Holy Heroines of Hagiographic Romance: Summary of Information -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Among the thirteenth-century saints exalted are female martyrs and hermits of early Christianity. In The Lady as Saint, Brigitte Cazelles offers the first English translation of these lives and provides extensive commentary on the portrayal of female spirituality. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The Lady as saint |
| ISBN: | 0-585-19975-2 |
| 0-8122-9230-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910464225703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Middle Ages series.