Sacred sisters :: gender, sanctity, and power in medieval Ireland /
*Sacred Sisters* focuses on five saints: the four female Irish saints who have extant medieval biographies (Darerca, Brigid, Íte, and Samthann), and Patrick, whose writings -- fifth-century Ireland's sole surviving texts -- attest to the centrality of women in Irish Christianity's develop...
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| Summary: | *Sacred Sisters* focuses on five saints: the four female Irish saints who have extant medieval biographies (Darerca, Brigid, Íte, and Samthann), and Patrick, whose writings -- fifth-century Ireland's sole surviving texts -- attest to the centrality of women in Irish Christianity's development. Women served as leaders and teachers, perhaps even as bishops and priests, and men and women worked together in a variety of arrangements as well as independently. Previous studies of gender in medieval Ireland have emphasized sexism and sex-segregated celibacy, dismissing abundant evidence of alternative approaches throughout the sources, including in the Lives of Ireland's female saints. Sacred Sisters places these generally marginalized texts at its center, exploring their portraits of empowered, authoritative, compassionate women who exemplified an accepting and affirming ethics of gender and sexuality that would be unusual in many mainstream Christian movements in the present day, let alone in the Middle Ages. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (308 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| spelling | Callan, Maeve Brigid, author. Sacred sisters : gender, sanctity, and power in medieval Ireland / Maeve Brigid Callan. Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press B.V., [2020] ©2020 1 online resource (308 pages) : illustrations, map text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Hadiography beyond tradition Includes bibliographical references and index. Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. "Founded upon the Rock Which Is Christ": What Patrick and His Promoters Reveal about Women in the Early Irish Church -- 2. "A New and Apostolic Band of Virgins Arose": Darerca, an Exceptionally Learned Abbess -- 3. "The Safest City of Refuge": Brigid the Bishop -- 4. "God Is Always Present with Those Who Exemplify Such Devotion": Íte, Foster-Mother of the Saints of Ireland -- 5. "Do Not Harass My Sisters": Samthann, an Abbess Not to Be Crossed -- 6. "I Place Myself under the Protection of the Virgins All Together": Sister Saints with Something Like a Life -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index *Sacred Sisters* focuses on five saints: the four female Irish saints who have extant medieval biographies (Darerca, Brigid, Íte, and Samthann), and Patrick, whose writings -- fifth-century Ireland's sole surviving texts -- attest to the centrality of women in Irish Christianity's development. Women served as leaders and teachers, perhaps even as bishops and priests, and men and women worked together in a variety of arrangements as well as independently. Previous studies of gender in medieval Ireland have emphasized sexism and sex-segregated celibacy, dismissing abundant evidence of alternative approaches throughout the sources, including in the Lives of Ireland's female saints. Sacred Sisters places these generally marginalized texts at its center, exploring their portraits of empowered, authoritative, compassionate women who exemplified an accepting and affirming ethics of gender and sexuality that would be unusual in many mainstream Christian movements in the present day, let alone in the Middle Ages. Print version record. Saints Ireland. Women saints Ireland. Women in Christianity Ireland. Church history Middle Ages, 600-1500. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85025625 Saints Irlande. Saintes Irlande. Femmes dans le christianisme Irlande. Église Histoire 600-1500 (Moyen Âge) HISTORY Europe Ireland. bisacsh Church history Middle Ages fast Saints fast Women in Christianity fast Women saints fast Ireland fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJqvXDFC7pX6tHkq6DX68C 600-1500 fast Saints, Gender, Medieval Sexuality, Ireland, hagiography. has work: Sacred sisters (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGwW8Cyff3dJPkjrXvTxH3 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Callan, Maeve Brigid. Sacred sisters : gender, sanctity, and power in medieval Ireland. Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, ©2020 310 pages 9789463721509 |
| spellingShingle | Callan, Maeve Brigid Sacred sisters : gender, sanctity, and power in medieval Ireland / Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. "Founded upon the Rock Which Is Christ": What Patrick and His Promoters Reveal about Women in the Early Irish Church -- 2. "A New and Apostolic Band of Virgins Arose": Darerca, an Exceptionally Learned Abbess -- 3. "The Safest City of Refuge": Brigid the Bishop -- 4. "God Is Always Present with Those Who Exemplify Such Devotion": Íte, Foster-Mother of the Saints of Ireland -- 5. "Do Not Harass My Sisters": Samthann, an Abbess Not to Be Crossed -- 6. "I Place Myself under the Protection of the Virgins All Together": Sister Saints with Something Like a Life -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index Saints Ireland. Women saints Ireland. Women in Christianity Ireland. Church history Middle Ages, 600-1500. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85025625 Saints Irlande. Saintes Irlande. Femmes dans le christianisme Irlande. Église Histoire 600-1500 (Moyen Âge) HISTORY Europe Ireland. bisacsh Church history Middle Ages fast Saints fast Women in Christianity fast Women saints fast |
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| title | Sacred sisters : gender, sanctity, and power in medieval Ireland / |
| title_alt | Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. "Founded upon the Rock Which Is Christ": What Patrick and His Promoters Reveal about Women in the Early Irish Church -- 2. "A New and Apostolic Band of Virgins Arose": Darerca, an Exceptionally Learned Abbess -- 3. "The Safest City of Refuge": Brigid the Bishop -- 4. "God Is Always Present with Those Who Exemplify Such Devotion": Íte, Foster-Mother of the Saints of Ireland -- 5. "Do Not Harass My Sisters": Samthann, an Abbess Not to Be Crossed -- 6. "I Place Myself under the Protection of the Virgins All Together": Sister Saints with Something Like a Life -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index |
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| title_exact_search | Sacred sisters : gender, sanctity, and power in medieval Ireland / |
| title_full | Sacred sisters : gender, sanctity, and power in medieval Ireland / Maeve Brigid Callan. |
| title_fullStr | Sacred sisters : gender, sanctity, and power in medieval Ireland / Maeve Brigid Callan. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sacred sisters : gender, sanctity, and power in medieval Ireland / Maeve Brigid Callan. |
| title_short | Sacred sisters : |
| title_sort | sacred sisters gender sanctity and power in medieval ireland |
| title_sub | gender, sanctity, and power in medieval Ireland / |
| topic | Saints Ireland. Women saints Ireland. Women in Christianity Ireland. Church history Middle Ages, 600-1500. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85025625 Saints Irlande. Saintes Irlande. Femmes dans le christianisme Irlande. Église Histoire 600-1500 (Moyen Âge) HISTORY Europe Ireland. bisacsh Church history Middle Ages fast Saints fast Women in Christianity fast Women saints fast |
| topic_facet | Saints Ireland. Women saints Ireland. Women in Christianity Ireland. Church history Middle Ages, 600-1500. Saints Irlande. Saintes Irlande. Femmes dans le christianisme Irlande. Église Histoire 600-1500 (Moyen Âge) HISTORY Europe Ireland. Church history Middle Ages Saints Women in Christianity Women saints Ireland |
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