The Displacement of the Body in ?�lfric's Virgin Martyr Lives

By Alison Gulley

The virgin martyr vitae in +lfric's Old English Lives of Saints recount the stories of young women who renounce marriage and sex to devote their lives to Christian service. In this volume, Alison Gulley explores how the context of the Benedictine Reform in late Anglo-Saxon England informed +lfric's translations of the Latin legends as well as their reception.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1409442144
• ISBN13: 9781409442141
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"