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In this book, Cazelles seeks to determine what defined the concept of female sanctity in the thirteenth century amid the development of new literary forms and their impact on society. By analyzing the text of these “hagiographic romances” and comparing it with other examples of poetic and prose hagiographical accounts, Cazelles seeks to establish theContinue reading “Review of The Lady as Saint: A Collection of French Hagiographic Romances of the Thirteenth Century by Brigitte Cazelles”