{"product_id":"margarets-monsters-michael-e-heyes-9780367187095","title":"Margaret's Monsters: Women, Identity, and the Life of St. Margaret in Medieval England","description":"\u003cp\u003eSt. Margaret of Antioch was one of the most popular saints in medieval England and, throughout the Middle Ages, the various \u003cem\u003eLives of St. Margaret\u003c\/em\u003e functioned as a blueprint for a virginal life and supernatural assistance to pregnant women during the dangerous process of labor. In her narrative, Margaret is accosted by various demons and, having defeated each monster in turn, she is taken to the place of her martyrdom where she prays for supernatural boons for her adherents. This book argues that Margaret's monsters are a key element in understanding Margaret's importance to her adherents, specifically how the sexual identities of her adherents were constructed and maintained. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore broadly, this study offers three major contributions to the field of medieval studies: first, it argues for the utility of a diachronic analysis of Saints' Lives literature in a field dominated by synchronic analyses; second, this diachronic analysis is important to interpreting the intertext of Saints' Lives, not only between different Lives but also different versions of the same Life; and third, the approach further suggests that the most valuable socio-cultural information in hagiographic literature is found in the auxiliary characters and not in the figure of the saint him\/herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael E. Heyes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0367187094\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780367187095\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/10\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.10w x 0.60d","brand":"Michael E. Heyes","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086501556479,"sku":"9780367187095","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f64b3ff1-2983-4170-8185-5930546b32dc.jpg?v=1769095034","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/margarets-monsters-michael-e-heyes-9780367187095","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}