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A Legend of Holy Women: A Translation of Osbern Bokenham's Legends of Holy Women - Notre Dame Texts in Medieval Culture Sheila Delany
A Legend of Holy Women: A Translation of Osbern Bokenham's Legends of Holy Women - Notre Dame Texts in Medieval Culture
Sheila Delany
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.
256 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | December 31, 1992 |
| ISBN13 | 9780268012946 |
| Publishers | University of Notre Dame Press |
| Pages | 256 |
| Dimensions | 140 × 216 × 19 mm · 471 g |
| Language | English |
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