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

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (283 p.)
• Disciplina: 271/.9; B
• Soggetto topico: Christian women saints - England; Women - England - History - Middle Ages, 500-1500
• Altri autori: FanousSamuel <1962-> LeyserHenrietta
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Christina of Markyate
• ISBN: 1-134-39392-X; 1-134-39393-8; 0-203-49385-0; 1-280-26740-2; 9786610267408
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819320203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II