The tales of the virgin martyrs typically emphasize the torture and mutilation of beautiful young women. To the modern reader, these medieval texts seem like exercises in sadism, but they also provided Medieval women such as Hildegard of Bingen and Joan of Arc with role models who helped them to shape their own extraordinary destinies. This book explores the ability of the virgin body to generate contradictory meanings, both repressive and liberating, depending on who told the tale and how it was told.
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- On the Veiling of Virgins by Tertullian on 10 pages
- On Baptism by Tertullian on 5 pages
- Hildegard of Bingen: A Book of Essays (Garland Medieval Casebooks) by Maud Burnett McInerney on 4 pages
- The Golden Legend: Readings on the Saints, Vol. 1 by Jacobus de Voragine on page 190, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Acts of the Christian Martyrs (Early Christian Texts) by Herbert Anthony Musurillo in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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- Writers of the Reign of Henry II: Twelve Essays (New Middle Ages) by Ruth Kennedy in Front Matter
- Medieval Fabrications: Dress, Textiles, Clothwork, and Other Cultural Imaginings (New Middle Ages) by E. Jane Burns in Front Matter
- Medieval Fabrications: Dress, Textiles, Clothwork, and Other Cultural Imaginings (New Middle Ages) by E. Jane Burns in Front Matter
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