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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'...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore, Maryland :
Project Muse,
2020
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| Colección: | Hagiography beyond tradition ;
1. Book collections on Project MUSE. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- "Founded upon the rock which is Christ" : what Patrick and his promoters reveal about women in the early Irish Church
- "A new and apostolic band of virgins arose" : Darerca, an exceptionally learned abbess
- "The safest city of refuge" : Brigid the Bishop
- "God is always present with those who exemplify such devotion" : Íte, foster-mother of the saints of Ireland
- "Do not harass my sisters" : Samthann, an abbess not to be crossed
- "I place myself under the protection of the virgins all together " : sister saints with something like a life.