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4463
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Title:
Useful Virgins in Medieval Hagiography [among the virgin martyrs discussed are Thecla, Euphemia, Agnes, Agatha, and Lucy].
Source:
Constructions of Widowhood and Virginity in the Middle Ages. Edited by Cindy L. Carlson and Angela Jane Weisl. St. Martin's Press, 1999. Pages 135 - 164.
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Essay
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Body
Church, Image of
Hagiography
Martyrs
Rape in Literature
Virginity in Literature
Women in Religion
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In Useful Virgins in Medieval Hagiography," Kathleen Coyne Kelly offers a contrasting interpretation to this position. Both Salih and Kelly highlight the double discourse of virgin-martyrs' sanctity: the reader is repeatedly exposed to the physicality and
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Year of Publication:
1999.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
0312211368