A companion to Middle English hagiography /

"This collection introduces the canon of Middle English hagiography; places it in the context of the cults of saints; analyses key themes within hagiographic narrative, including gender, power, violence and history; and, finally, shows how hagiographic themes survived the Reformation. Overall i...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Salih, Sarah, 1967-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Woodbridge, UK ; Rochester, NY : D.S. Brewer, 2006.
Subjects:
1066-1485
Christian hagiography.
Hagiographie chrétienne.
RELIGION > Christian Theology > Angelology & Demonology.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
England > Church history > 1066-1485.
England > Religious life and customs.
Angleterre > Histoire religieuse > 1066-1485.
Angleterre > Vie religieuse.
England.
Angleterre (GB) > Histoire religieuse > 1066-1500.
Church history.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Hagiography in context : images miracles, shrines and festivals / Samantha Riches
  • Corpora and manuscripts, authors and audiences / Mary Beth Long
  • Power and authority / Claire M. Waters
  • Violence, community and the materialisation of belief / Robert Mills
  • Gender and sexuality / Anke Bernau
  • History, historiography and reqriting the past / Katherine J. Lewis
  • Crossovers and afterlife / Matthew Woodcock.

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