Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Part I: Commentary; Introduction; I. Holy Perfection in the Old French Tradition; 2. Female Sanctity: Trial by Disclosure; 3. Femininity Circumscribed; Part II: Anthology; Agnes; Barbara; Catherine of Alexandria; Christina; Elizabeth of Hungary; Euphrosina; Faith; Juliana; Margaret of Antioch; Marina; Mary the Egyptian; Paula; Thais; Notes; Appendices; The Ninth-Century Sequence of Saint Eulalia; Holy Heroines of Hagiographic Romance: Summary of Information; Selected Bibliography; Index
Summary
Among the thirteenth-century saints exalted are female martyrs and hermits of early Christianity. In The Lady as Saint, Brigitte Cazelles offers the first English translation of these lives and provides extensive commentary on the portrayal of female spirituality
