Virgin martyrs : legends of sainthood in late medieval England /

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"Stories of the torture and execution of beautiful Christian women first appeared in late antiquity and proliferated during the early Middle Ages, and virgin martyrs were still the most popular female saints in the late medieval period. Their legends, in countless retellings through the centuri...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Winstead, Karen A. (Karen Anne), 1960-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1997.
Subjects:
To 1500
Christian women saints > Biography > History and criticism.
Christian women martyrs > Biography > History and criticism.
Virginity > Religious aspects > Christianity > History of doctrines > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Christian hagiography > History > To 1500.
Christian legends > England.
Saintes chrétiennes > Biographies > Histoire et critique.
Martyres chrétiennes > Biographies > Histoire et critique.
Virginité > Aspect religieux > Christianisme > Histoire des doctrines > 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Légendes chrétiennes > Angleterre.
RELIGION > History.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Medieval.
Christian hagiography.
Christian legends.
Christian women martyrs > Biography.
Christian women saints > Biography.
Martyrium
Legende
Heilige
Christendom.
Heiligenlegenden.
Vrouwen.
England > Church history > 1066-1485.
England > Religious life and customs.
Angleterre > Histoire religieuse > 1066-1485.
Angleterre > Vie religieuse.
England.
England
Mittelenglisch.
Church history.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
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