Virgin Martyrs

by 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. 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801433339
• ISBN13: 9780801433337
• Release Date: November 1997
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher