The Lady as saint
Subtitle: a collection of French hagiographic romances of the thirteenth century
By: [edited by] Brigitte Cazelles.
Contributors: Cazelles, Brigitte.
Series: Middle Ages series
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 334
Subjects: French poetry -- To 1500 -- Translations into English; Christian women saints -- Legends
Description: Among the thirteenth-century saints exalted are female martyrs and hermits of early Christianity. In "The Lady as Saint," Brigitte Cazelles offers the first English translation of these lives and provides extensive commentary on the portrayal of female spirituality.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-331) and index.
Selected and translated from Old French texts.