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The fifteenth-century scholar and Augustinian friar John Capgrave took as his subject the virgin martyr Katherine of Alexandria, who was an anomalous cultural icon, a scholar, and a sovereign whose story unsettled traditional gender stereotypes yet was widely popular throughout... Read Full Overview

The Life of St. Katherine of Alexandria is a biographical account of the life of St. Katherine, a Christian martyr who lived in the 4th century AD. The book was written by John Capgrave, an English Augustinian friar and historian, in the 15th century. The book describes the life... Read Full Overview

The Life of St. Katherine of Alexandria is a book written by John Capgrave that tells the story of the life of St. Katherine of Alexandria, a Christian martyr who lived in the 4th century AD. The book details the life of Katherine, from her birth to her death, and explores her... Read Full Overview

The Life of St. Katherine of Alexandria is a book written by John Capgrave, which tells the story of the life of a Christian saint named Katherine. Katherine was a young woman who lived in Alexandria during the fourth century AD. She was known for her beauty, intelligence, and... Read Full Overview

John Capgrave's The Life of Saint Katherine, written c. 1463 in Lynn in Norfolk, is, according to the editor, . . . the longest and most intricate Katherine legend written during the Middle Ages, either in Latin or in any vernacular. In telling the story of the life of... Read Full Overview

The Life of St. Katherine of Alexandria is a book written by John Capgrave that tells the story of the life of St. Katherine, a Christian martyr who lived in the 4th century AD. The book describes her upbringing as a princess, her conversion to Christianity, and her refusal to... Read Full Overview