UID:
almafu_9960118603702883
Format:
1 online resource (xiv, 281 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-80010-121-X
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1-80010-120-1
Series Statement:
Gender in the Middle Ages ; Volume 17
Content:
First comprehensive investigation of the major significance of female sinners turned saints in medieval literature.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Apr 2021).
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Frontmatter --
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CONTENTS --
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List of Illustrations --
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Acknowledgements --
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List of Abbreviations --
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Introduction --
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1. “Seo wæs ærest synnecge”: The Holy Harlot’s Transformations in Old English Hagiography --
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2. The Post-Conquest Harlot: Affective Piety and the Romance Genre --
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3. Heterodoxy, Patronage, and the Harlot in Fourteenth- and Fifteenth-Century Hagiography --
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4. “She shal byn abyll to dystroye helle”: Gender and Authority in the Digby Mary Magdalene --
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5. Admiranda et Imitanda? Emulation of the Holy Harlot Type by Late Medieval Female Mystics --
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Conclusion: Holy or Harlot? The Early Modern Demise of the Saintly Prostitute --
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Appendix: Vernacular Lives of Holy Harlots in Medieval Insular Hagiography --
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Bibliography --
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Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-84384-589-X
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9781800101203
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