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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
A translation of Osbern Bokenham's ""Legendys of Hooly Wummen"" (1443-1447), the first all-female hagiography. Translated from Latinale Middle English, it contains the Augustinian friar's version of the stories of 13 women saints from gospel, apocrypha, martyrology and high-medieval history.
240 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | December 31, 1992 |
| ISBN13 | 9780268012953 |
| Publishers | University of Notre Dame Press |
| Pages | 256 |
| Dimensions | 217 × 142 × 19 mm · 354 g |
| Language | English |
| Translator | Delany, Sheila |
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