Saints' Lives and the Rhetoric of Gender

Saints' Lives and the Rhetoric of Gender
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 272
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ISBN-10 : 9780195117226
ISBN-13 : 0195117220
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Book Synopsis Saints' Lives and the Rhetoric of Gender by : John Kitchen

Download or read book Saints' Lives and the Rhetoric of Gender written by John Kitchen and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1998 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He then focuses on one of the few biographies written at that time by a female author, Baudonivia's Life of Saint Radegund. Baudonivia's story of a female saint is considered in light of the previous observations on Fortunatus, Gregory, and the prominent trends that characterize the literature's early development.


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