Christina of Markyate : a twelfth-century holy woman /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Fanous, Samuel, 1962-, Leyser, Henrietta
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.
Subjects:	Christina, > of Markyate, Saint, > approximately 1096- Christian women saints > England > Biography. Women > England > History > Middle Ages, 500-1500 > Sources.

Table of Contents:

Christina of Markyate: the introduction / Henrietta Leyser
Christina of Markyate: the literary background / Douglas Gray
St. Albans and women's monasticism: lives and their foundations in Christina's world / Stephanie Hollis, Jocelyn Wogan-Browne
Christina of Markyate and the double crown / Samuel Fanous
The unknown pilgrim: drama and romance in the Life of Christina of Markyate / Neil Cartlidge
The loves of Christina of Markyate / C. Stephen Jaeger
The marriages of Christina of Markyate / Thomas Head
Ranulf Flambard and Christina of Markyate / R.I. Moore
Dining at Markyate with Lady Christina / Rachel Koopmans
Alternative intimacies: men, women and spiritual direction in the twelfth century / Dyan Elliott
Christina's tempting: sexual desire and women's sanctity / Kathreyn Kelsey Staples, Ruth Mazo Karras
The St. Albans Paslater: the abbot and the anchoress / Jane Geddes
The Life of St. Alexis, 475-1125 / Tony Hunt
Christina of Markyate and the hermits and anchorites of England ; List of sites and hermits / E.A. Jones.