The Legends of the Holy Harlots: Thaïs and Pelagia in Medieval Spanish Literature. By Andrew M. Beresford

This study of the reception of part of the literature of the monastic world of the fourth century in Spanish vernacular versions of the fourteenth century is full of interest. It concentrates on Thaïs and Pelagia, two notable converts, accounts of whose lives, along with those of Mary of Egypt and M...

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Main Author: Ward, Benedicta (Author)
Format: Electronic Review
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press 2008
In: The journal of theological studies
Year: 2008, Volume: 59, Issue: 1, Pages: 392-393
Review of:The legends of the holy harlots (Woodbridge, Suffolk [u.a.] : Tamesis, 2007) (Ward, Benedicta)
The legends of the holy harlots (Woodbridge, Suffolk [u.a.] : Tamesis, 2007) (Ward, Benedicta)
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