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Sacred Sisters: Gender, Sanctity, and Power in Medieval Ireland

Name: Sacred Sisters: Gender, Sanctity, and Power in Medieval Ireland
ISBN: 9789048542994

Maeve Callan

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This book focuses on five saints: the four female Irish saints who have extant medieval biographies (Darerca, Brigid, Íte, and Samthann), and Patrick, whose writings -- fifth-century Ireland's sole surviving texts -- attest to the centrality of women in Irish Christianity's development.

Year:

2019

Publisher:

Amsterdam University Press

Language:

english

Pages:

308

ISBN 10:

9048542995

ISBN 13:

9789048542994