Sacred Sisters Gender, Sanctity, and Power in Medieval Ireland / Maeve Brigid Callan.

"Sacred Sisters" 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'...

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Main Author: Callan, Maeve Brigid, 1970- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2020
Series:Hagiography beyond tradition ; 1.
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Call Number: BR1713 .C35 2020