Her Life Historical Exemplarity and Female Saints' Lives in Late Medieval England

Her Life Historicaloffers a major reconsideration of one of the most popular narrative forms in late medieval England-the lives of female saints-and one of the period's primary modes of interpretation-exemplarity. With lucidity and insight, Catherine Sanok shows that saints' legends served...

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Main Author: Sanok, Catherine
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc 01.01.2011
University of Pennsylvania Press
Edition:1
Series:The Middle Ages Series
Subjects:
Biography
Christian hagiography
Christian literature, English (Middle)
Christian literature, English (Middle)-History and criticism
Christian women
Christian women saints
Christian women saints-Biography-History and criticism
Christian women-Religious life-England-History-To 1500
England
Gender Studies
HISTORY
HISTORY / Europe / Medieval
History and criticism
History-Medieval 500 to 1500
Interdisciplinary-Gender Studies
Language & Literature
LITERARY CRITICISM
LITERARY CRITICISM / General
Literature
Medieval
Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Religion
Religion/Religious Studies
Religious life
Religious Studies
To 1500
Women's Studies
Literature
Religion/Religious Studies
Religious Studies
Gender Studies
Interdisciplinary-Gender Studies
Religion
Women's Studies
History-Medieval 500 to 1500
Medieval and Renaissance Studies
ISBN:9780812239867, 0812239865, 9780812203004, 0812203003
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter Table of Contents Preface 1: Imitating the Past: 2: Female Saints’ Lives and the Invention of a Feminine Audience 3: Fictions of Feminine Community in Bokenham’s Legendary 4: Exemplarity and England in Native Saints’ Lives 5: Hagiography and Historical Comparison in the Book of Margery Kempe 6: Performing the Past: Afterword Notes Works Cited Index Acknowledgments
  • Cover Title Copyright Contents Preface 1 Imitating the Past: Exemplarity and/as History 2 Female Saints' Lives and the Invention of a Feminine Audience 3 Fictions of Feminine Community in Bokenham's Legendary 4 Exemplarity and England in Native Saints' Lives 5 Hagiography and Historical Comparison in the Book of Margery Kempe 6 Performing the Past: Saints' Plays and the Second Nun's Tale Afterword Notes Works Cited Index Acknowledgments
  • Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Imitating the Past: Exemplarity and/as History -- 2 Female Saints' Lives and the Invention of a Feminine Audience -- 3 Fictions of Feminine Community in Bokenham's Legendary -- 4 Exemplarity and England in Native Saints' Lives -- 5 Hagiography and Historical Comparison in the Book of Margery Kempe -- 6 Performing the Past: Saints' Plays and the Second Nun's Tale -- Afterword -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- Acknowledgments
  • 4. Exemplarity and England in Native Saints’ Li
  • 2. Female Saints’ Lives and the Invention of a Feminine Audience
  • Afterword
  • 1. Imitating the Past: Exemplarity and/ as History
  • 6. Performing the Past: Saints’ Plays and the Second Nun)s Tale
  • Index
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  • /
  • Contents
  • 3. Fictions of Feminine Community in Bokenham’s Legendary
  • 5. Hagiography and Historical Comparison in the Book of Margery Kempe
  • Acknowledgments
  • Frontmatter --
  • Preface
  • Notes
  • Works Cited