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Record Number:
9822
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Huntington , Joanna.
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Title:
Edward the Celibate, Edward the Saint: Virginity in the Construction of Edward the Confessor [The author analyzes three Latin "Lives" of the saintly king: the anonymous "Vita," Osbert of Clare's "Vita beati Eadwardi regis Anglorum," and Aelred of Rievaulx's "Vita S. Edwardi regis et confessoris." The king's virginity is presented differently in each text with Osbert mostly concerned in terms of the incorruptible virginal body, while Aelred portrays him as a living virgin king. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source:
Medieval Virginities. Edited by Anke Bernau, Ruth Evans, and Sarah Salih. Religion and Culture in the Middle Ages series. University of Wales Press; University of Toronto Press, 2003. Pages 119 - 139.
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Article Type:
Essay
Subject
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:
Ælred, Abbot of Eynsham- Vita S. Edwardi Regis et Confessoris
Chastity
Edward the Confessor, King of England and Saint
Hagiography
Kings
Marriage
Osbert of Clare, Hagiographer- Vita Beati Ædwardi Regis Anglorum
Virginity
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
British Isles
Century:
11-12
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Author's Affiliation:
University of York [Ph. D. candidate]
Conference Info:
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Year of Publication:
2003.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
0802089607