Larissa Tracy; Anthony Adams; Charlene Eska; Ellen Lorraine Friedrich; Jack Collins Boydell and Brewer (2019) Saatavuus: Tilaustuote Pehmeäkantinen kirja
Larissa Tracy; Bridgette Slavin; Jay Paul Gates; Pinchas Roth; Jolanta Komornicka Boydell and Brewer (2021) Saatavuus: Tilaustuote Pehmeäkantinen kirja
Larissa Tracy; Geert H.m. Claassens; R. M. Liuzza; Rolf H. Bremmer; Thomas A. Bredehoft Boydell and Brewer (2022) Saatavuus: Tilaustuote Kovakantinen kirja
D. S. Brewer Sivumäärä: 155 sivua Asu: Pehmeäkantinen kirja Julkaisuvuosi: 2012, 15.03.2012 (lisätietoa) Kieli: Englanti
The first modern translation of one of the most influential books to come from the middle ages.
The Gilte Legende was widely read as a model for everyday life, including the education of women through examples set by early Christian martyrs. This book divides the lives of female saints into: the "ryght hooly virgins",who vocally defend their bodies against Roman persecution; "holy mothers", who give up their traditional role to pursue a life of contemplation; the "repentant sinners", who convert and voice their defiance against a society thatdemanded silence in women; and the "holy transvestites", who cast off their gender identity to find absolution and salvation. Their lives reach through the ages to speak to a modern audience, forcing a re-examination of women's roles in the medieval period.
LARISSA TRACY is Adjunct Assistant Professor of English at Georgetown University and George Mason University.
