num_pages: 106
description: In Anglo-Norman Britain, women were important consumers and patrons of literature; some, like Clemence of Barking, composed their own work. Her biography Life of St. Catherine is here translated for the first time in 800 years. This fascinating account of a virgin's martyrdom skewed the representation of women customary to the genre and offered alternative role models for Clemence's female community.
language: English
title: Virgin Lives and Holy Deaths: Two Exeplary Biographies for Anglo-Norman Women
titlecomplete: Virgin Lives and Holy Deaths: Two Exeplary Biographies for Anglo-Norman Women (Everyman's Library)
genres: Medieval
ratings_count: 15
publisher: Everymans Library