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Record Number:
9128
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Bitel , Lisa M.
Contributor(s):
Title:
Hail Brigit!: Gender, Authority, and Worship in Early Ireland [The author sets her study of Brigit within seventh century struggles for political and religious dominance in Ireland. Brigit's hagiographers sought to bolster her authority in order to strengthen the claims of the abbess of Kildare and her communitity to not only the churches in Leinster and the midlands but to all the religious women in Ireland. Bitel argues that paradoxically the basis of Brigit's authority comes from her gender; her hagiographies identify her powers as uniquely female. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source:
Irish Women's History. Edited by Alan Hayes and Diane Urquhart. Irish Academic Press, 2004. Pages 1 - 14.
Description:
Article Type:
Essay
Subject
(See Also)
:
Abbesses
Authority
Brigit, Abbess of Kildare, Saint
Gender
Hagiography
Ireland
Politics
Women in Religion
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
British Isles
Century:
5, 7
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Author's Affiliation:
University of Southern California
Conference Info:
- , -
Year of Publication:
2004.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
0716527022