TY - BOOK AU - Fanous,Samuel AU - Leyser,Henrietta TI - Christina of Markyate: a twelfth-century holy woman SN - 0415308585 AV - BX4700.C567 C48 2005 U1 - 271/.9B 22 PY - 2005/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - Christina, KW - Christian women saints KW - England KW - Biography KW - Women KW - History KW - Middle Ages, 500-1500 KW - Sources N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 254-260) and index; Christina of Markyate: the introduction; Henrietta Leyser --; Christina of Markyate: the literary background; Douglas Gray --; St. Albans and women's monasticism: lives and their foundations in Christina's world; Stephanie Hollis; Jocelyn Wogan-Browne --; Christina of Markyate and the double crown; Samuel Fanous --; The unknown pilgrim: drama and romance in the Life of Christina of Markyate; Neil Cartlidge --; The loves of Christina of Markyate; C. Stephen Jaeger --; The marriages of Christina of Markyate; Thomas Head --; Ranulf Flambard and Christina of Markyate; R.I. Moore --; Dining at Markyate with Lady Christina; Rachel Koopmans --; Alternative intimacies: men, women and spiritual direction in the twelfth century; Dyan Elliott --; Christina's tempting: sexual desire and women's sanctity; Kathreyn Kelsey Staples; Ruth Mazo Karras --; The St. Albans Paslater: the abbot and the anchoress; Jane Geddes --; The Life of St. Alexis, 475-1125; Tony Hunt --; Christina of Markyate and the hermits and anchorites of England; List of sites and hermits; E.A. Jones UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0607/2004005879.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0650/2004005879-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1012/2004005879-b.html ER -