Gulley, Alison.
The displacement of the body in �lfric's virgin martyr lives / �lfric's virgin martyr lives Alison Gulley. - 1 online resource (161 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The ideal of castitas and the environment of �lfric's virgin martyr legends -- Marital imagery, Marian allusion, and circumscribed virginity in �lfric's life of Agnes -- Private lives and public contexts in �lfric's lives of Agatha and Lucy -- Cross-dressing, sex-change, and womanhood in �lfric's life of Eugenia -- Conversion and marital vocation in Passio Sanctae Cecilie Virginis -- Conclusion.
9781409442158 (e-book)
Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham. Lives of saints.
Virginity in literature.
Martyrs in literature.
Marriage in literature.
Conversion in literature.
Conduct of life in literature.
Literature and society--History.--England
Christian hagiography--History--To 1500.
Christian literature, English (Old)--History and criticism.
Electronic books.
PR1527 / .G85 2014eb
270.092/2
The displacement of the body in �lfric's virgin martyr lives / �lfric's virgin martyr lives Alison Gulley. - 1 online resource (161 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The ideal of castitas and the environment of �lfric's virgin martyr legends -- Marital imagery, Marian allusion, and circumscribed virginity in �lfric's life of Agnes -- Private lives and public contexts in �lfric's lives of Agatha and Lucy -- Cross-dressing, sex-change, and womanhood in �lfric's life of Eugenia -- Conversion and marital vocation in Passio Sanctae Cecilie Virginis -- Conclusion.
9781409442158 (e-book)
Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham. Lives of saints.
Virginity in literature.
Martyrs in literature.
Marriage in literature.
Conversion in literature.
Conduct of life in literature.
Literature and society--History.--England
Christian hagiography--History--To 1500.
Christian literature, English (Old)--History and criticism.
Electronic books.
PR1527 / .G85 2014eb
270.092/2