Sacred sisters : gender, sanctity, and power in medieval Ireland /

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*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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Callan, Maeve Brigid (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press B.V., [2020]
Series:Hadiography beyond tradition
Subjects:
600-1500
Saints > Ireland.
Women saints > Ireland.
Women in Christianity > Ireland.
Church history > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Saints > Irlande.
Saintes > Irlande.
Femmes dans le christianisme > Irlande.
Église > Histoire > 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
HISTORY > Europe > Ireland.
Church history > Middle Ages.
Saints.
Women in Christianity.
Women saints.
Ireland.
Saints, Gender, Medieval Sexuality, Ireland, hagiography.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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

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