Chaste Passions : Medieval English Virgin Martyr Legends /

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Virgin martyrs make up one of the largest categories of medieval saints. To judge by their frequent appearances in art and literature, they also figure among the most venerated. The legends of virgin martyrs, retold in various ways through the centuries, illuminate trends in popular piety, values, a...

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Détails bibliographiques
Autres auteurs: Winstead, Karen A. (Karen Anne), 1960- (Éditeur intellectuel, Traducteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Indeterminado
Publié: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2000.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Anthologie.
Cristianismo (história)
Santos (biografia histórica)
Mulheres (aspectos religiosos)
Igreja (história)
Anthologie
Legende
Virginity > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Christian women saints.
Christian women martyrs.
Christian legends.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Medieval.
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
RELIGION > Christian Church > History.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Religious.
Legendes chretiennes > Angleterre.
Martyres chretiennes > Legendes.
Saintes chretiennes > Legendes.
Christian legends > England.
Virginity > Religious aspects > Christianity > Legends.
Christian women martyrs > Legends.
Christian women saints > Legends.
England
England.
Legendes.
Legends.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Saint Juliana / Anonymous, ca. 1200
  • Saints Agatha, Lucy, Justine, and Barbara / The South English Legendary
  • Saint Anastasia / The North English Legendary
  • Saint Cecilia / Geoffrey Chaucer
  • Saint Christine / William Paris
  • Saint Eugenia / The Scottish Legendary
  • Saint Winifred / John Mirk
  • Saints Margaret and Petronilla / John Lydgate
  • Saints Agnes and Dorothy / Osbern Bokenham
  • Saint Katherine / Anonymous, ca. 1420
  • Saint Ursula and the eleven thousand virgins / Anonymous, ca. 1485.

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