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This study of over 2500 female and male saints explores women's status and experience in early medieval society and in the Church. It focuses on the changing social contexts of female sanctity, and also on deviant female behaviour which frequently challenged male order and authority.

Forgetful of Their Sex Female Sanctity and

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    A Paperback / softback by Jane Tibbetts Schulenburg

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/01/2001
      ISBN13: 9780226740546, 978-0226740546
      ISBN10: 0226740544

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      Book Synopsis
      This study of over 2500 female and male saints explores women's status and experience in early medieval society and in the Church. It focuses on the changing social contexts of female sanctity, and also on deviant female behaviour which frequently challenged male order and authority.

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