Gendered Voices: Medieval Saints and Their Interpreters (The Middle Ages Series)
by Caroline Walker Bynum, Catherine M. Mooney
A scholarly collection exploring how gender shaped the interpretation of medieval saints and their historical representations.
About This Book
This volume examines the lives and representations of medieval saints with attention to gender.
Contributors analyze how male and female saints were understood and portrayed in their historical contexts.
The collection draws on historical sources to discuss interpretation and meaning across the Middle Ages.
Readers gain insight into the scholarly approaches that have shaped the study of medieval sanctity.
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