Thecla and Medieval sainthood : the Acts of Paul and Thecla in Eastern and Western hagiography / edited by Ghazzal Dabiri, University of Maryland, College Park ; Flavia Ruani, Institut de recherche et d'histoire des textes, CNRS, Paris.

"It is an old, yet powerful story. A beautiful young woman falls in love, and try as they might, her disapproving family and friends fail to dissuade her from that love or keep her from her beloved. Persistent and uncompromising, the young woman disrupts the social order of her world, be it tha...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors:	Dabiri, Ghazzal, 1975- (Editor), Ruani, Flavia (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
Subjects:	Thecla, > Saint. Acts of Paul and Thecla. Thecla, > Saint Acts of Paul and Thecla Christian hagiography > History and criticism. Christian hagiography Criticism, interpretation, etc.