[PDF.41vx] Chaste Passions: Medieval English Virgin Martyr Legends

Chaste Passions: Medieval English Virgin Martyr Legends

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 | #749281 in Books |  Cornell University Press |  2000-04-27 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.02 x.51 x6.00l,.70 | File type: PDF | 224 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Fascinating piece of history|By Adam|The texts really show the fascination with pain, torture and martyrdom of the early medieval ages. Some of these seem to have some historical truth behind them, which is also quite interesting to read. Overall, this is a great collection of a forgotten genre of religious historical texts| |"These saints' stories are anything but saintly. The tales Winstead translates. . . are instead gory, horrific accounts of hell's fury, religious devotion, and endless purity. Modern readers may expect these old religious stories to seem lame by today's standa

Virgin martyrs make up one of the largest categories of medieval saints. To judge by their frequent appearances in art and literature, they also figure among the most venerated. The legends of virgin martyrs, retold in various ways through the centuries, illuminate trends in popular piety, values, and literary tastes.Chaste Passions contains sixteen English virgin martyr legends, each of a different saint and each translated into colloquial, modern English prose. Faithf...

You easily download any file type for your gadget.Chaste Passions: Medieval English Virgin Martyr Legends   |  Karen A. Winstead. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.

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