Thecla and Medieval Sainthood: The Acts of Paul and Thecla in Eastern and Western Hagiography

ISBN-13: 9781316519219 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022

Ghazzal Dabiri; Flavia Ruani

Opis

Explores Saint Thecla and her story as preeminent models for medieval hagiographers across Eurasia and North Africa.

Recenzje

'[This] book adds further depth and nuance to our understanding of Thecla's popularity and the spread of her legend and cult.' Mark Beumer, Kleio-Historia

Spis treści

Introduction Ghazzal Dabiri; Part I. An Act to Follow: 1. A Cainite invocation of Thecla? The reception of the Acts of Paul in North Africa as exemplified in Tertullian's de Baptismo Jeremy W. Barrier; 2. Saint Thecla in Geʿez hagiographical literature: From confessor to martyr Damien Labadie; 3. Versified martyrs: The reception of Thecla from the Latin West to Medieval Ireland Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh; 4. The reception of the Acts of Thecla in Armenia: Thecla as a model of representation for holy women in ancient Armenian literature Valentina Calzolari; 5. Thecla beyond Thecla: Secondary characters in Syriac hagiography Flavia Ruani; 6. Shifting the poetics of gender ambiguity: The Coptic naturalisation of Thecla Arietta Papaconstantinou; Part II. An Act To Surpass: 7. Thecla, the first cross-dresser? The Acts of Paula and Thecla and the lives of Byzantine transvestite saints Julie Van Pelt; 8. From Diotima to Thecla and beyond: Virginal voice in the lives of Helia and Constantina Virginia Burrus; 9. Reception and rejection: Thecla and the Acts of Paul and Thecla in the Passion of Eugenia and other Latin texts Klazina Staat; 10. A medieval Sufi Thecla? Female civic and spiritual leadership in ʿAttār's “Tale of the Virtuous Woman” and the Life and Passion of Eugenia Ghazzal Dabiri; Afterword: Thecla and the power of an open story Kate Cooper.