Envisioning Episcopal Exemption: The Life of Christina of Markyate

This article examines the biography of a twelfth-century English holy woman, the Life of Christina of Markyate—particularly its account of a vision that she had in which she was crowned in the likeness of a bishop's miter—within the context of campaigns undertaken by English monasteries in the...

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Main Author: Bugyis, Katie Ann-Marie ca. 20./21. Jh. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [2015]
In: Church history
Year: 2015, Volume: 84, Issue: 1, Pages: 32-63
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Christina of Markyate ca. 1097-nach 1154 / Saint's life / Vision / Mitra / Kloster Saint Albans / Exemption / Diocese
IxTheo Classification:KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages
KBF British Isles
KCA Monasticism; religious orders
KCD Hagiography; saints
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