Chaste Passions
Subtitle: Medieval English Virgin Martyr Legends
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: April 27, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780801435690
Subjects: British & Irish history: c 1000 to c 1500; Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Other prose: classical, early & medieval; Saints & hagiography; c 1000 CE to c 1500; General; English Renaissance Literature (1500-1700); Women In English Literature; Biography / Autobiography; English; Literary Criticism; England; Legends; Christian women saints; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Medieval; Christian women martyrs; Christianity; Religious aspects; Virginity
First sentence: The Juliana legend translated here is part of a significant body of Middle English literature that was composed in the West Midlands during the early 1200s.