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Samuel
Fanous, Henrietta Leyser, eds.
Christina of Markyate.
London: Routledge, Sept. 2004.
296pp.
Hardback.
ISBN 0415308585.
Publisher's
recommended price £50.00
This fascinating and
comprehensive collection surveys the life of an extraordinary medieval
woman. Christina of Markyate made a vow of chastity at an early age,
against the wishes of her parents who intended her to marry. When
forced into wedlock, she fled in disguise and went into hiding,
receiving refuge in a network of hermitages. Christina became a
religious recluse and eventually founded a priory of nuns attached to
St. Albans.
Samuel Fanous and Henrietta Leyser present a vivid interdisciplinary
study devoted to the life, work and extant vita of Christina of
Markyate, which draws on research from a wide range of disciplines.
Beautifully illustrated, this book provides students who regularly
encounter Christina with a research compendium from which to begin
their studies, and introduces Christina to a wider audience.
Contributors: Neil Cartlidge, Dyan Elliot, Samuel Fanous, Jane Geddes,
Douglas Gray, Thomas Head, Stephanie Hollis, Tony Hunt, Stephen Jaeger,
Eddie Jones, Rachel Koopmans, Henrietta Leyser, Ruth Mazo Karras, R. I.
Moore, Jocelyn Wogan-Browne.
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