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Includes Old French text and English translation of the life of Saint Eufrosine, who dressed as a man to become a monk in a monastery. Mixing hagiography, romance, epic, and theology, this work from around 1200 CE raises questions about sexuality and identity, family relationships, and spiritual and secular values.

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9781603295055

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A welcome addition to the growing corpus of medieval hagiographic works in translation designed for upper-division classroom use."" —Nancy Vine Durling, Independent Scholar ""Ogden's Eufrosine fills a need for saints' lives in translation."" —Maureen Boulton, University of Notre Dame

Ogden's Eufrosine fills a need for saints' lives in translation. --Maureen Boulton, University of Notre Dame A welcome addition to the growing corpus of medieval hagiographic works in translation designed for upper-division classroom use. --Nancy Vine Durling, Independent Scholar

"A welcome addition to the growing corpus of medieval hagiographic works in translation designed for upper-division classroom use."" —Nancy Vine Durling, Independent Scholar ""Ogden's Eufrosine fills a need for saints' lives in translation."" —Maureen Boulton, University of Notre Dame"

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