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This volume makes accessible for students of the Middle Ages Middle English verses about heroic women from the Old Testament. Included are The Storie of Asneth, The Pistel of Swete Susan, The Story of Jephthah and his Daughter, and The Story of Judith. These poems exhibit the attitudes of Late Medieval England towards heroic women, and offer an unusually positive depiction of Judiasm. With extensive notes, glosses, and introductions, these verses are valuable to teachers and students of Middle English.

Heroic Women from the Old Testament in Middle English Verse

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This volume makes accessible for students of the Middle Ages Middle English verses about heroic women from the Old Testament.... Read more

    Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
    Publication Date: 01/03/1992
    ISBN13: 9781879288119, 978-1879288119
    ISBN10: 1879288117

    Number of Pages: 167

    Fiction , Poetry

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    This volume makes accessible for students of the Middle Ages Middle English verses about heroic women from the Old Testament. Included are The Storie of Asneth, The Pistel of Swete Susan, The Story of Jephthah and his Daughter, and The Story of Judith. These poems exhibit the attitudes of Late Medieval England towards heroic women, and offer an unusually positive depiction of Judiasm. With extensive notes, glosses, and introductions, these verses are valuable to teachers and students of Middle English.

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