Essays about: "Hagiography"

Found 5 essays containing the word Hagiography.

  1. 1. Hagiographical discourse in Medieval Arabic Christianity : A study of Anthony al Qurashi and Bulus ibn Raja as a discourse of parrhesia

    University essay from Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för östkyrkliga studier

    Author : Sally Adel Hanna; [2021]
    Keywords : Hagiography- Medieval Arabic Christianity- Christian Paideia- Rhetorics- conversion- apostates- parrhesia- Anthony al-Qurashi- Būlus ibn Raja;

    Abstract : Scholars have faced many challenges in the classification of the literary genre of the hagiographical texts. In addition to their various styles and structures, hagiographical texts tend to move beyond the classical rhetorical approach. READ MORE

  3. 2. From Rome to Ireland : a comparative analysis of two pagan goddesses and a Christian saint

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Joanna Pettersson; [2018]
    Keywords : History of Religions; Saint Brigid; Saint Brigit; Celtic religion; Celtic mythology; Minerva; Roman religion; Goddess; Hagiography; Brigid; Brighid;

    Abstract : In Celtic religious studies, it is often difficult to find reliable textual sources if you are working with pre-Christian religion, since all text is written in a Christian context. As a result, Celtic scholars have to look outside of the pre-Christian Celtic context, to search for knowledge elsewhere. READ MORE

  4. 3. Saving a Saint : A Study of the Representation of Maria Goretti (1890-1902): a Saint, a Martyr, a Virgin, a Child

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Kyrko- och missionsstudier

    Author : Helwi Margarita Cadavid Yani; [2018]
    Keywords : Saint Maria Goretti; Virgin Martyr; Representation; Papal discourse; Devotional discourse; Problematic aspects; Oversimplifications; Sexual violence; Rape; Hagiography; Catholic edificational biographies; Chastity; Charity; Forgiveness; Self-sacrifice in defence of virginal purity;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the legend of the Italian virgin martyr, Saint Maria Goretti (1890-1902). Her legend states that she died at the age of eleven protecting her virginity from her assailant Alessandro Serenelli who stabbed her numerous times, and that she granted him forgiveness before she died. READ MORE

  5. 4. “She said she was called Theodore” : -        A modality analysis of five transcendental saints in the 1260’s Legenda Aurea and 1430’s Gilte Legende

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Author : Emmy Atterving; [2017]
    Keywords : saint; saints; transvestites; transvestism; transvestite; saint marina; marina; marinus; saint eugenia; eugenia; eugene; saint theodora; theodora; theodore; saint margaret; margaret pelagius; margaret; margaret pelagia; pelagius; pelagia; saint pelagia; jacopo de fazio; jacobus de voragine; jacopo da varazze; compiler; dominican; Golden legend; legenda aurea; legenda sanctorum; gilte legende; confessor; martyr; virgin; hagiographies; hagiography; biography; England; Middle English sweden; monastery; monk; abbot; social experimentation; space; feminisation of language; jesus as mother; saint bridget of sweden; saint mary; holy virgin; saint catherine of siena; le roman de silences; silence; caroline walker bynum; sanctity; transcendence; homi bhabha; post-colonial; postcolonial; loomba; hybridity; hybridity theory; gender; gender fluidity; crossdressing; cross-dressing; transgender; laqueur; linguistics; modality; nuyts; medieval; late medieval; late middle ages; middle ages; late medieval period;

    Abstract : This thesis explores modalities in two hagiographical collections from the late Middle Ages; the Legenda Aurea and the Gilte Legende by drawing inspiration from post-colonial hybridity theories.. READ MORE

  6. 5. Woman Monks of Coptic and Christian Hagiography

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Madeléne Tjernqvist; [2017]
    Keywords : Woman monks; Coptic; Christianity; hagiography; Hilaria; saints;

    Abstract : Woman monks are not uncommon to find in Coptic and other hagiographic literature. They were described to dress into male attire and travel to anchoritic monasteries where they would get a single cell to devote their lives to God through seclusion, prayers, fasting, meditation, studies, and other daily chores, all the while not being known as women by most of the men in their brethren. READ MORE