Sacred sisters : gender, sanctity, and power in medieval Ireland /
Callan, Maeve Brigid,
Sacred sisters : gender, sanctity, and power in medieval Ireland / Maeve Brigid Callan. - Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press B. V., (c)2020. - 1 online resource. - Hadiography beyond tradition .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. "Founded upon the Rock Which Is Christ": What Patrick and His Promoters Reveal about Women in the Early Irish Church -- 2. "A New and Apostolic Band of Virgins Arose": Darerca, an Exceptionally Learned Abbess -- 3. "The Safest City of Refuge": Brigid the Bishop -- 4. "God Is Always Present with Those Who Exemplify Such Devotion": Íte, Foster-Mother of the Saints of Ireland -- 5. "Do Not Harass My Sisters": Samthann, an Abbess Not to Be Crossed -- 6. "I Place Myself under the Protection of the Virgins All Together": Sister Saints with Something Like a Life -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index
*Sacred Sisters* focuses on five saints: the four female Irish saints who have extant medieval biographies (Darerca, Brigid, Íte, and Samthann), and Patrick, whose writings --
9789048542994 9048542995
Saints--Ireland.
Women saints--Ireland.
Women in Christianity--Ireland.
Church history--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Electronic Books.
BX4678 / .S237 2020
Sacred sisters : gender, sanctity, and power in medieval Ireland / Maeve Brigid Callan. - Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press B. V., (c)2020. - 1 online resource. - Hadiography beyond tradition .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. "Founded upon the Rock Which Is Christ": What Patrick and His Promoters Reveal about Women in the Early Irish Church -- 2. "A New and Apostolic Band of Virgins Arose": Darerca, an Exceptionally Learned Abbess -- 3. "The Safest City of Refuge": Brigid the Bishop -- 4. "God Is Always Present with Those Who Exemplify Such Devotion": Íte, Foster-Mother of the Saints of Ireland -- 5. "Do Not Harass My Sisters": Samthann, an Abbess Not to Be Crossed -- 6. "I Place Myself under the Protection of the Virgins All Together": Sister Saints with Something Like a Life -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index
*Sacred Sisters* focuses on five saints: the four female Irish saints who have extant medieval biographies (Darerca, Brigid, Íte, and Samthann), and Patrick, whose writings --
9789048542994 9048542995
Saints--Ireland.
Women saints--Ireland.
Women in Christianity--Ireland.
Church history--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Electronic Books.
BX4678 / .S237 2020