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Virgin Martyrs
Author: Karen A. Winstead
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2018-05-31
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 1501711571
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Stories of the torture and execution of beautiful Christian women first appeared in late antiquity and proliferated during the early Middle Ages. A thousand years later, virgin martyrs were still the most popular female saints. Their legends, in countless retellings through the centuries, preserved a standard plot—the heroine resists a pagan suitor, endures cruelties inflicted by her rejected lover or outraged family, works miracles, and dies for Christ. That sequence was embellished by incidents emblematic of the specific saint: Juliana's battle with the devil, Barbara's immurement in the tower, Katherine's encounter with spiked wheels. Karen A. Winstead examines this seemingly static story form and discovers subtle shifts in the representation of the virgin martyrs, as their legends were adapted for changing audiences in late medieval England.
Virgin Saints and Martyrs
Author: S. Baring-Gould
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2017-01-01
Total Pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9781541388062
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Virgin Saints and Martyrs
Author: Sabine Baring-Gould
Publisher:
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9788826407142
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Virgin Saints and Martyrs
Author: Sabine Baring-Gould
Publisher:
Published: 2019-08-17
Total Pages: 426
ISBN-13: 9780461241310
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy!
Chaste Passions
Author: Karen A. Winstead
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2018-05-31
Total Pages: 214
ISBN-13: 150171158X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Virgin martyrs make up one of the largest categories of medieval saints. To judge by their frequent appearances in art and literature, they also figure among the most venerated. The legends of virgin martyrs, retold in various ways through the centuries, illuminate trends in popular piety, values, and literary tastes. Chaste Passions contains sixteen English virgin martyr legends, each of a different saint and each translated into colloquial, modern English prose. Faithful in tone and meaning to the originals, Karen Winstead's lively translations allow contemporary readers to appreciate why virgin martyr legends thrived for hundreds of years. Winstead presents the tales in chronological order, tracing the effects of the composition and tastes of the audience on the development of the genre. The virgin martyr, Winstead tells us, escapes the confining female stereotypes—demure maiden or disruptive shrew—prevalent in writings of the period. Because nearly all of the texts were written by men but addressed to women, they exhibit a fascinating interplay between male views of so-called women's literature and the demands of their intended audience. Familiarity with this widely read genre is essential to a full understanding of medieval culture, and Chaste Passions is an excellent introduction to these often racy, sometimes comic, tales
Virgin Saints and Martyrs (Classic Reprint)
Author: Sabine Baring-Gould
Publisher:
Published: 2015-07-18
Total Pages: 410
ISBN-13: 9781331723912
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Excerpt from Virgin Saints and Martyrs In the second century Lyons was the Rome of Gaul as it is now the second Paris of France. It was crowded with temples and public monuments. It was moreover the Athens of the West, a resort of scholars. Seated at the confluence of two great rivers, the Rhone and the Saone, it was a centre of trade. It is a stately city now. It was more so in the second century when it did not bristle with the chimneys of factories pouring forth their volumes of black smoke, which the atmosphere, moist from the mountains, carries down so as to envelop everything in soot. In the great palace, now represented by the hospital, the imbecile Claudius and the madman Caligula were born. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Virgin Martyrs
Author: Michael J. K. Fuller
Publisher:
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 178
ISBN-13: 9781595250223
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In modern times, the medieval stories of the saints have been either simply ignored or have been interpreted as colorful examples of cultural history, all the while ignoring their central character and initial purpose: Christ. But the legends and stories of the saints were always told within and around the sacramental and liturgical life of the Church. In other words, the saints were tools in preaching and promoting the Gospel of Christ. This clearly written book is a search for a way to read the medieval legends of the saints-- all saints--through the stories of the Virgin Martyrs, so that that their original and powerful stories speak to us once again. The stories of all the saints were written by people who were immersed in the Scriptures and who lived and breathed the words, images, ideas, symbols, poetry.
Virgin Saints and Martyrs (Illustrated Edition)
Author: S. Baring-Gould
Publisher:
Published: 2017-07-18
Total Pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9781406884050
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Baring-Gould (1834-1924) was an Anglican priest, hagiographer, antiquarian, novelist and eclectic scholar whose published works number in the region of 1,250. His Lives of the Saints ran to 16 volumes, published from 1872-77, and in addition he produced this work on female saints which is reprinted from the fully-illustrated American edition of 1901.
Lucy's Eyes and Margaret's Dragon
Author: Giselle Potter
Publisher: Chronicle Books (CA)
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780811815154
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In this magical retelling of the lives of thirteen saints, we meet Lucy, Margaret, and eleven other courageous young girls who chose purity as a shield against devils, dragons, and devious suitors and earned their halos the hard way. Wonderfully told and illustrated, this lovely gift book is a potent tribute to female strength throughout time and a beautiful book to read and share. 90 full-color illustrations.
