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First comprehensive investigation of the major significance of female sinners turned saints in medieval literature.

Christian literature, English (Middle) --- Christian women saints in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Religion and literature --- Femininity in literature. --- History --- Literature --- Literature and religion --- Femininity (Psychology) in literature --- Moral and religious aspects --- Hagiography. --- To 1500 --- England.

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Christian women saints in literature --- Christianity in literature. --- Saintes chrétiennes dans la littérature --- Christianisme dans la littérature --- Brown, Dan, --- Leonardo, --- Mary Magdalene, --- Jesus Christ --- In literature. --- Bible.

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Christian women saints in literature. --- Christianity in literature. --- Saintes chrétiennes dans la littérature --- Christianisme dans la littérature --- Brown, Dan, --- Leonardo, --- Mary Magdalene, --- Jesus Christ --- In literature.

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Comparative literature --- Christian women saints in literature --- French literature --- Belgian literature (French) --- Littérature comparée --- Saintes chrétiennes dans la littérature --- Littérature française --- Littérature belge (française) --- Themes, motives --- Thèmes, motifs --- Mary Magdalene, --- In literature --- Littérature belge de langue française --- Themes, motives. --- Marie-Madeleine, --- In literature. --- Dans la littérature --- Littérature comparée --- Saintes chrétiennes dans la littérature --- Littérature française --- Littérature belge (française) --- Thèmes, motifs --- Thèmes, motifs. --- Littérature belge de langue française --- Thèmes, motifs. --- Dans la littérature

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P. [ix]: "This book proposes a fresh answer to one of the most interesting questions of ancient history: why did the early Christians alight on the ideal of virginity, and why did the Romans come to adopt it as their own, even when they saw that its triumph would undermine the very fabric of ancient society?"

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