Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 7725
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Nelson , Marie.
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  • Title: Judith: A Story of a Secular Saint [The author compares the characters of Judith with those of Juliana and Elene. She concludes that despite the rhetoric borrowed from hagiography, Judith is a secular hero who fights against human enemies. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
  • Source: Germanic Notes 21, 40180 ( 1990): Pages 12 - 13.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Judith, Old English Poem Literature- Verse Women in Literature Women in Religion
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  • Geographic Area: British Isles
  • Century: 10
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  • Author's Affiliation: University of Florida, Gainesville
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  • Year of Publication: 1990.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 00168882