Sacred sisters : gender, sanctity, and power in medieval Ireland /
*Sacred Sisters* focuses on five saints: the four female Irish saints who have extant medieval biographies (Darerca, Brigid, Íte, and Samthann), and Patrick, whose writings -- fifth-century Ireland's sole surviving texts -- attest to the centrality of women in Irish Christianity's develop...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press B.V.,
[2020]
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Colección: | Hadiography beyond tradition
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Table of Contents
- List of Figures
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. "Founded upon the Rock Which Is Christ": What Patrick and His Promoters Reveal about Women in the Early Irish Church
- 2. "A New and Apostolic Band of Virgins Arose": Darerca, an Exceptionally Learned Abbess
- 3. "The Safest City of Refuge": Brigid the Bishop
- 4. "God Is Always Present with Those Who Exemplify Such Devotion": Íte, Foster-Mother of the Saints of Ireland
- 5. "Do Not Harass My Sisters": Samthann, an Abbess Not to Be Crossed
- 6. "I Place Myself under the Protection of the Virgins All Together": Sister Saints with Something Like a Life
- Conclusion
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Index