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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'...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Callan, Maeve Brigid, 1970- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2020
Collection:Hagiography beyond tradition ; 1.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • "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.