The Chaste Passions: Defining Women Through Feminist Practice

by Karen A. Winstead

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801485576
• ISBN13: 9780801485572
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"