Goscelin of Saint-Bertin: The Hagiography of the Female Saints of Ely (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780198208150)

From the tenth century, the monastic community at Ely venerated a group of female saints: thelthryth, its founding patroness, who died in 679, supposedly a virgin despite two marriages; her sister Seaxburh; another supposed sister Wihtburh, whose remains had been stolen by the monks of Ely from her tomb in Norfolk; Seaxburgh's daughter Eormenhild; and Eormenhild's daughter W rburh. This is the first edition and translation of the Lives of these saints.

Author: Rosalind C. Love
ISBN-10: 0198208154
ISBN-13: 9780198208150
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Language: English
Published: 04/08/2004
Pages: 360
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 9.72h x 6.18w x 0.81d