{"product_id":"the-saga-of-the-sister-natalie-m-van-deusen-9780888442147","title":"The Saga of the Sister Saints: The Legend of Martha and Mary Magdalen in Old Norse-Icelandic Translation","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book examines the cults and legends of Martha and Mary Magdalen in medieval Scandinavia, especially Iceland. While a number of parallels may be drawn between Iceland and mainland Scandinavia in terms of liturgical and artistic representations of Martha and Mary Magdalen, the Old Norse-Icelandic literary tradition stands apart from its Scandinavian counterparts in the cultural significance and relevance it gives to each of the \"sister saints\" in medieval Iceland, where the composite \u003ci\u003eMortu saga ok Mariu Magdalenu\u003c\/i\u003e was compiled in the mid-fourteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe historical study that opens the volume treats the manuscripts and Latin sources of the saga, lending insight into authorship and provenance; it also details representations of Martha and Mary Magdalen in liturgical materials, art, and literature from medieval Scandinavia, before turning to the saints' cults and legends in medieval Iceland.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAll the available evidence for the \"sister saints\" in Iceland from its Christianization in 1000 until around the time of the Reformation in 1550 is analyzed in detail, especially evidence from church inventories (\u003ci\u003emaldagar\u003c\/i\u003e) but also from literary works in prose and verse, as well as from charters and letters. Special attention is given to issues of style and content in the saga and, in particular, to views on women preachers in medieval Iceland. The book concludes with a normalized edition of the only complete redaction of \u003ci\u003eMortu saga ok Mariu Magdalenu\u003c\/i\u003e, followed by its first English translation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Natalie M. Van Deusen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0888442149\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780888442147\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e PIMS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/29\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.30w x 0.80d","brand":"Natalie M. Van Deusen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46795339170047,"sku":"9780888442147","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1dd9f424-16d7-4de6-82fe-fe9d0878e6dc.jpg?v=1744947299","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-saga-of-the-sister-natalie-m-van-deusen-9780888442147","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}