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A Legend of Holy Women
- A Translation of Osbern Bokenham's Legends of Holy Women
part of the Notre Dame Texts in Medieval Culture series
- Binding:
- Hardback
- Pages:
- 256
- Published:
- December 30, 1992
- Dimensions:
- 140x216x19 mm.
Delivery:
2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: December 12, 2024
Description of A Legend of Holy Women
Sheila Delany's translation of Osbern Bokenham's Legendys of Hooly Wummen makes available in modern English the first all-female hagiography. Closely translated from elaborate, Latinate Middle English verse, it contains the Augustinian friar's version of the stories of 13 women saints from gospel, apocrypha, martyrology, and high-medieval history.
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