Displacement of the Body in ??lfric's Virgin Martyr Lives

Displacement of the Body in ??lfric's Virgin Martyr Lives

Gulley, Alison

Taylor & Francis Ltd

10/2024

160

Mole

9781032929705

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Contents: Introduction: the function of A?lfric's hagiography; The ideal of castitas and the environment of A?lfric's virgin martyr legends; Marital imagery, Marian allusion, and circumscribed virginity in A?lfric's Life of Agnes; Private lives and public contexts in A?lfric's Lives of Agatha and Lucy; Cross-dressing, sex-change, and womanhood in A?lfric's Life of Eugenia; 'Let us hold firmly to the beautiful treasure': teaching, learning and salvation in the Passio of Chysanthus and Daria; Conversion and marital vocation in the Passiones of Julian and Basilissa and Cecilia and Valerian; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
legend;roman;spouses;catholic;homilies;anglo-saxon;england;physical;virginity;joyce;Young Man;CCCC;West Virginia University Press;Invisible Woman;Virgin Martyr Legends;Virgin Martyr;Virgin Spouses;Sermo Lupi Ad Anglos;Catholic Homilies;Holy Men;Roman Virgins;Swa Swa;Physical Virginity;Female Transvestite Saints;Spiritual Procreation;Transvestite Saint;Beautiful Treasure;Ic Hine;English Preface;Cecilia's Words;Vice Versa;Christ Iii;CH Ii;Lucy's Life;Ab Ea