St Mildrith or the monastic life against all odds in Goscelin's Vita Deo dilectae virginis Mildrethae

Authors

  • Alenka Divjak

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4312/an.43.1-2.155-168

Keywords:

Christianity, hagiography, early Christianity, women, saints

Abstract

This paper discusses St Mildrith (dies natalis*, 13 July, +732/733) in Goscelin's Vita Deo dilectae virginis Mildrethae, the abbess of the famous monastery Minster-in-Thanet, Kent, and a consecrated virgin descended from the Kentish and Mercian royal families. The emphasis of the paper is on the examination of a limited number of hagiographic elements which stress most pointedly Mildrith's associations with monasticism and which are viewed in the broader perspective of Anglo-Saxon female sanctity.

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Published

31.12.2010

How to Cite

Divjak, A. (2010). St Mildrith or the monastic life against all odds in Goscelin’s Vita Deo dilectae virginis Mildrethae. Acta Neophilologica, 43(1-2), 155–168. https://doi.org/10.4312/an.43.1-2.155-168

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