The life of Saint Katherine of Alexandria
By: by John Capgrave ; translated by Karen A. Winstead
Contributors: Winstead, Karen A. (Karen Anne), 1960-
Series: Notre Dame texts in medieval culture
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Notre Dame, Ind
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780268044268
Subjects: Christian poetry, English (Middle); Translations into English; Legends
Work titles: Life of St. Katharine of Alexandria
Notes: "The translation is based on the version of the life preserved in Bodleian Library MS Rawlinson 118, which is generally considered the closest to Capgrave's original"--Introd.

This volume also includes an appendix with passages of Capgrave's original Middle English and literal translations into modern English.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Prologue. The discovery and translation of Katherine's life; title: Book 1. Katherine's parentage, upbringing, and coronation; title: Book 2. The marriage parliament; title: Book 3. Katherine's conversion and mystical marriage; title: Book 4. Katherine's confrontation with Maxentius and debate with fifty scholars; title: Book 5. Katherine's martyrdom; title: Notes to the translation; title: Appendix.