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      The Life of Saint Katherine of Alexandria

      John Capgrave

      This bold literary experiment transforms the genre of the saint's life by infusing it with techniques more often associated with chronicles, mystery plays, and romances.

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      Virgin Martyrs: Legends of Sainthood in Late Medieval England

      Karen A. Winstead

      Stories of the torture and execution of beautiful Christian women first appeared in late antiquity and proliferated during the early Middle Ages. This study examines the seemingly static story form…

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      John Capgrave’s Fifteenth Century

      Karen A. Winstead

      Rejecting the prevalent view of Capgrave as predictably conservative, John Capgrave’s Fifteenth Century contributes to a broader appraisal of fifteenth-century culture and offers a fresh view of orthodoxy and dissent…

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      Chaste Passions: Medieval English Virgin Martyr Legends

      Virgin martyrs make up one of the largest categories of medieval saint and, to judge from their frequent appearances in art and literature, are also among the most venerated. This…

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      Chaste Passions: Medieval English Virgin Martyr Legends

      Virgin martyrs make up one of the largest categories of medieval saint and, to judge from their frequent appearances in art and literature, are also among the most venerated. This…

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      Fifteenth-Century Lives: Writing Sainthood in England

      Karen A. Winstead

      In Fifteenth-Century Lives, Karen A. Winstead identifies and explores a major shift in the writing of Middle English saints’ lives. As she demonstrates, starting in the 1410s and ‘20s, hagiography…

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      Fifteenth-Century Lives: Writing Sainthood in England

      Karen A. Winstead

      In Fifteenth-Century Lives, Karen A. Winstead identifies and explores a major shift in the writing of Middle English saints’ lives. As she demonstrates, starting in the 1410s and ‘20s, hagiography…

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      The Oxford History of Life-Writing: Volume 1. The Middle Ages

      Karen A. Winstead (Professor of English, The Ohio State University)

      The Oxford History of Life-Writing: Volume 1: The Middle Ages explores the richness and variety of life writing in the Middle Ages, ranging from Anglo-Latin lives of missionaries, prelates, and…

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      The Oxford History of Life-Writing: Volume 1. The Middle Ages

      Karen A. Winstead (Professor of English, The Ohio State University)

      The Oxford History of Life-Writing: Volume 1: The Middle Ages explores the richness and variety of life writing in the Middle Ages, ranging from Anglo-Latin lives of missionaries, prelates, and…

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      The Life of Saint Katherine

      John Capgrave

      In telling the story of the life of the virgin martyr Katherine, Capgrave uses many of the tropes that mark the enormously popular genre of hagiography as it was written…

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      The Life of Saint Katherine of Alexandria

      John Capgrave

      This bold literary experiment transforms the genre of the saint’s life by infusing it with techniques more often associated with chronicles, mystery plays, and romances.

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      Studies in Medievalism XXVIII: Medievalism and Discrimination

      The difficult and nuanced issue of discrimination - race, gender, ethicity, religion - is the focus of this volume.

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