Displacement of the body in Ælfric's virgin martyr lives, the
Auteur :
Gulley, Alison
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9781032929705
Date de publication :
14 oct. 2024
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
300 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
The virgin martyr vitae in Ælfric's Old English Lives of Saints recount the stories of young women who renounce marriage and sex to devote their lives to Christian service. In this volume, Alison Gulley explores how the context of the Benedictine Reform in late Anglo-Saxon England informed Ælfric's translations of the Latin legends as well as the