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Virgin Lives and Holy Deaths: Two Exeplary Biographies for Anglo-Norman Women (Everyman's Library (Paper))
Virgin Lives and Holy Deaths Two Exeplary Biographies for AngloNorman Women - Everyman's Library Paper In Anglo-Norman Britain, women were important consumers and patrons of literature; some, like Clemence of Barking, composed their own work. Her biography Life of St. Catherine is here translated for the first time in 800 years. This fascinating account of a virgin's martyrdom skewed the representation of women customary to the genre and offe... more »red alternative role models for Clemence's female community.« less