Title: Saints' lives and women's literary culture c. 1150-1300
Description: This volume explores the usefulness of the virgin ideal for widows, wives, and women in religion, and presents a book-length study of women writers in England in the 12th and 13th centuries.
Subjects: Books and reading, Christian hagiography, Christian literature, English (Middle), Christian saints in literature, Christian women saints, Christianity, English literature, History, History and criticism, History of doctrines, Legends, Religious aspects of Virginity, Religious life, Virginity, Virginity in literature, Women, Women and literature, Women authors, English literature, history and criticism, middle english, 1100-1500, Virginity, religious aspects, Christian literature, history and criticism, Saints, Women, religious life, Women, history, middle ages, 500-1500, Hagiography, Religious aspects, Femmes et littérature, Histoire, Écrits de femmes anglais, Histoire et critique, Littérature anglaise, Virginité, Aspect religieux, Christianisme, Histoire des doctrines, Littérature chrétienne anglaise (moyen anglais), Femmes, Livres et lecture, Saintes chrétiennes, Légendes, Vie religieuse, Saintes chrétiennes dans la littérature, Virginité dans la littérature, Hagiographie, Heiligenlevens, Maagdelijkheidsideaal, Sekseverschillen, Literaire genres, Engels, Women in literature
Places: England
Time periods: Middle Ages, 600-1500, Middle English, 1100-1500, To 1500