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Women from the Golden Legend

Female Authority in a Medieval Castilian Sanctoral [Hardback]

by Emma Gatland

    • Author

      Emma Gatland

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      Boydell & Brewer Ltd

    • Published

      October 2011

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      Product Description

      Hagiography was one of the most prolific narrative genres in the Middle Ages. Jacobus de Voragine's Golden Legend (c. 1260), the most popular compendium, was translated into every language in Western Europe. In the medieval Iberian peninsula, the number of conserved hagiographic documents dwarfs those belonging to other narrative genres. This book examines one collection of saints' lives, or sanctorals, and the twenty-five female saints witnessed therein. Their lives furnished exemplary models for women inside and outside the Church, tell stories of maidens tortured by pagan sovereigns, prostitutes, mothers who see their sons martyred, and women who dress as men in order to avoid being married off to the nearest suitor. This study challenges an understanding of these women as passive recipients of social and spiritual influence by re-situating female authority within the context of vision, language, and performativity. Included in the study are transcriptions of twenty-two previously unedited lives. Emma Gatland is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, University of Cambridge.

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      • Author

        Emma Gatland

      • Book Format

        Hardback

      • Publisher

        Boydell & Brewer Ltd

      • Published

        October 2011

      • Weight

        554g

      • Page Count

        266

      • Dimensions

        156 x 234 x 17 mm

      • ISBN

        9781855662292

      • ISBN-10

        1855662299

      • Eden Code

        4031871

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      • Author/Creator: Emma Gatland

      • ISBN: 9781855662292

      • Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd

      • Release Date: October 2011

      • Weight: 554g

      • Dimensions: 156 x 234 x 17 mm

      • Eden Code: 4031871

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