Legend of Holy Women, A: A Translation of Osbern Bokenham's Legends of Holy Women (Notre Dame Texts in Medieval Culture)
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Author(s)Delany, Sheila
PublisherUniversity of Notre Dame Press
ISBN / ASIN0268012954
ISBN-139780268012953
AvailabilityIn Stock.
Sales Rank2,028,430
CategoryHistory
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
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Shiela Delany's translation on Osbern Bokenham's Legendys of Hooly Wuumen (1443-1447) makes available in modern English the first all-female hagiography. Closely translated from elaborate, Latinate Middle English verse into prose, A Legend of Holy Women contains the Augustian friar's version of the stories of 13 women saints from gospel, apocrypha, martyrology, and high-medieval history.
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