Her Life Historical Exemplarity and Female Saints' Lives in Late Medieval England Catherine Sanok "This is a wonderful book. The argument is original and compelling, and the research thorough and convincing. It will make an important contribution both to the specific studies of medieval hagiography and medieval women's literary culture and to the broader field of medieval studies."--Jennifer Summit, Stanford University "Elegantly written and learned."--Choice "Sanok's impeccably researched volume . . . should definitely put an end to the fiction that late medieval hagiographic...
Her Life Historical Exemplarity and Female Saints' Lives in Late Medieval England Catherine Sanok "This is a wonderful book. The argument is original ...
New Legends of England examines a previously unrecognized phenomenon of fifteenth-century English literary culture: the proliferation of vernacular Lives of British, Anglo-Saxon, and other native saints. Catherine Sanok argues these texts use literary experimentation to explore overlapping forms of secular and religious community.
New Legends of England examines a previously unrecognized phenomenon of fifteenth-century English literary culture: the proliferation of vernacular Li...
