 | Chaste Passions: Medieval English Virgin Martyr Legends Subjects: Christian women saints -- Legends; Christian women martyrs -- Legends; Virginity -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- Legends; Legends Christian -- England; Virgin martyrs make up one of the largest categories of medieval saints. To judge by their frequent appearances in art and literature, they also figure among the most venerated. The legends of virgin martyrs, retold in various ways through the... Karen A. Winstead, Associate Professor of English at The Ohio State University, is the author of Virgin Martyrs: Legends of Sainthood in Late Medieval England , also from Cornell. |
