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Review of The Lady as Saint: A Collection of French Hagiographic Romances of the Thirteenth Century by Brigitte Cazelles
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 the…
Research Assignment 4.0: A Sheepish History of Saintly Representation
For this assignment, I have chosen St. Agnes, not only because I am most familiar with the story of her martyrdom, but also because her canonization and thus widespread veneration. Though Agnes does not have a cult in the same manner that many other saints do, she has still inspired many artist to immortalize her…
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