Fifteenth-Century Lives: Writing Sainthood in England

by Karen A Winstead and Karen A. Winstead

Book Overview

In Fifteenth-Century Lives, Karen A. Winstead identifies and explores a major shift in the writing of Middle English saints' lives. As she demonstrates, starting in the 1410s and '20s, hagiography became more character-oriented, more morally complex, more deeply embedded in history, and more politically and socially engaged. Further, it became more self-consciously literary and began to feature women more prominently--and not only traditional...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268108544
• ISBN13: 9780268108540
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"