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| Genre/Form: | culte |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Catherine, of Alexandria Saint; Catherine, of Alexandria Saint; Catherine d'Alexandrie, (sainte ;; Catherine, (d'Alexandrie ; sainte); Katharina (von Alexandria) |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Katherine J Lewis |
| ISBN: | 0851157734 9780851157733 |
| OCLC Number: | 43971836 |
| Description: | xviii, 286 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Preface - the life of St Katherine; the cult of St Katherine of Alexandria in late medieval England - an introduction; St Katherine as virgin martyr; reading St Katherine in the parish - the aquisition of knowledge and power; reading St Katherine in the household - education, household managers and the pursuit of the Mixed Life; St Katherine and women. |
| Responsibility: | Katherine J. Lewis. |
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This fine study should be commended to students of church history and medieval literature. JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY A most useful overview of the interactive raltionship between the cult of St Katherine and the social context of late-medieval England... brings together a wealth of material from sources that are too often overlooked or segregated by discipline. SPECULUM The first full-length study of an individual saint cult in late medieval England... Demonstrat(es) the wide popularity of St Katherine, leaving little doubt that this was one of the most important saint cults in late medieval England. ALBION Read more...
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- Catherine, -- of Alexandria, Saint -- Cult -- England -- History -- To 1500.
- England -- Religious life and customs.
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- England -- Church history -- 1066-1485.
- Heiligenverering.
- Late middeleeuwen.
- Catherine d'Alexandrie -- (sainte ; -- ....-0307?) -- Culte.
- Vie religieuse et monastique -- Moyen âge.
- Angleterre (GB) -- Histoire religieuse -- 1066-1500.
- Angleterre (GB) -- Vie religieuse.
- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire religieuse -- 1066-1500.
- Catherine -- (d'Alexandrie ; sainte) -- culte -- Grande-Bretagne -- Moyen-Âge (Bas)
- Katharina (von Alexandria)
- Heiligenverehrung.
- England.
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