Fifteenth-Century Lives: Writing Sainthood in England
(Part of the ReFormations: Medieval and Early Modern Series)
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In Fifteenth-Century Lives, Karen A. Winstead identifies and explores a major shift in the writing of Middle English saints' lives. As she demonstrates, starting in the 1410s and '20s, hagiography became more character-oriented, more morally complex, more deeply embedded in history, and more politically and socially engaged. Further, it became more self-consciously literary and began to feature women more prominently--and not only traditional...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0268108544
ISBN13:9780268108540
Release Date:November 2020
Publisher:University of Notre Dame Press
Length:220 Pages
Weight:0.63 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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