Women from the Golden legend : female authority in a medieval Castilian sanctoral /

Hagiography was one of the most prolific narrative genres in the Middle Ages. Jacobus de Voragine's 'Golden Legend', the most popular compendium, was translated into every language in Western Europe. This book examines one collection of saints' lives, or sanctorals, and the 25 fe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gatland, Emma
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Español
Publicado: Woodbridge, Suffolk ; New York : Tamesis, 2011.
Colección:Colección Támesis. Monografías ; 296.
Temas:
Jacobus, > de Voragine, > approximately 1229-1298. > Legenda aurea.
Legenda aurea (Jacobus, de Voragine)
To 1500
Women saints > Biography.
Christian hagiography.
Spanish literature > To 1500 > History and criticism.
Saintes > Biographies.
Hagiographie chrétienne.
Littérature espagnole > Jusqu'à 1500 > Histoire et critique.
RELIGION > Christianity > Saints & Sainthood.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS > European > Spanish & Portuguese.
Christian hagiography
Spanish literature
Women saints
Biographies
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Hagiography was one of the most prolific narrative genres in the Middle Ages. Jacobus de Voragine's 'Golden Legend', the most popular compendium, was translated into every language in Western Europe. This book examines one collection of saints' lives, or sanctorals, and the 25 female saints witnessed therein.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (vi, 257 pages).
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781846159985
1846159989

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