Writing Faith: Text, Sign, and History in the Miracles of Sainte Foy

by Pamela Sheingorn and Kathleen Ashley

A trickster saint whose miracles reportedly included the healing of an inguinal hernia via a hammer and anvil, Sainte Foy inspired one of the most important collections of miracle stories of the central middle ages. Kathleen Ashley and Pamela Sheingorn explore the act of "writing faith" as performed both by the authors of these stories and by the scholars who have used them as sources for the study of medieval religion and society.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226029662
• ISBN13: 9780226029665
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"