Women Saints' Lives in Old English Prose

by Leslie A. Donovan

Translations of eight saints' lives, giving an insight into women's religious culture in Anglo-Saxon England.

Devout, virtuous and independent, the heroines of Old English saints' lives (one of the most popular literary genres of the middle ages) provided exemplars of personal and public inspiration for medieval Christians. The eight lives translated here are the earliest known vernacular accounts of the biographies of thelthryth, Agatha,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0859915689
• ISBN13: 9780859915687
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.3" x 8.4"