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Legends of Holy Women
Various authors, attributed primarily to the work of Saint Gregory of Tours and later medieval hagiographers.
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CONOR MCCARTHY
Catherine Sanok,
Her Life Historical: Exemplarity and Female Saints’ Lives in Late Medieval England
77/1
, p. 138
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Late Middle English
Italian
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The Book of Margery Kempe
Second Nun's Tale
Life of Christina of Markyate
Legends of Holy Women
Life of Saint Werburge
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Christina of Markyate
Henry Bradshaw
Osborn Bokenham
Saint Werburge
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