Goscelin of Saint-Bertin : the hagiography of the female saints of Ely / edited and translated by Rosalind C. Love.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Love, Rosalind C.

Series:

Oxford medieval texts

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Christian hagiography--Early works to 1800.

Christian hagiography.

Christian women saints--England--Ely--Early works to 1800.

Christian women saints.

England--Ely.

Physical Description:

cxxviii, 230 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Summary:

From the tenth century, the monastic community at Ely venerated a group of female saints: AEthelthryth, its founding patroness, who died in 679, supposedly a virgin despite two marriages; her sister Seaxburh; another supposed sister Wihtburh, whose remains had been stolen by the monks of Ely from her tomb in Norfolk; Seaxburgh's daughter Eormenhild; and Eormenhild's daughter Waerburh. This is the first edition and translation of the Lives of these saints.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0198208154

OCLC:

53156689