The Character of the Treacherous Woman in the Passiones of Early Medieval English Royal Martyrs
<p>Early medieval England is well-known for its assortment of royal saints; figures who, though drawn from nearly five centuries of pre-Conquest Christianity, are often best known from eleventh-century hagiography. Common among these narratives is the figure of the “wicked queen”–a woman whose...
Main Author: | Matthew Firth |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | deu |
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Winchester University Press
2020-06-01
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Series: | Royal Studies Journal |
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Online Access: | https://rsj.winchester.ac.uk/articles/188 |
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