Container of (work): Mo̧rtu saga ok Maríu Magðalenu. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2018168686 Container of (expression): Mo̧rtu saga ok Maríu Magðalenu. English. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2018168903
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-214) and index. Text of Mo̜rtu saga ok Maríu Magðalenu and its translation appear on facing pages. "The study presents a normalized edition of the only complete redaction of the text Mo̜rtu saga ok Mariu Magðalenu I, followed by an English translation that makes the text accessible to nonspecialists in Old Norse-Icelandic."
Contents:
The sister saints in the north : the penitent and the hostess -- The cults and legends of Martha and Mary Magdalen in medieval Iceland -- The manuscripts, sources, and authorship of Mo̜rtu saga ok Maríu Magðalenu -- The saga of the sister saints : women preachers and considerations of genre -- Mo̜rtu saga ok Maríu Magðalenu = The saga of Martha and Mary Magdalen.
Summary:
"This book examines the cults and legends of Martha and Mary Magdalen in Scandinavia through the composite Mo̜rtu saga ok Maríu Magðalenu, compiled in Iceland in the mid-fourteenth century. The study treats the saga's manuscripts and various Latin sources, which lend insight into its authorship and provenance. Special attention is given to issues of style and content, and in particular, to views on women preaching in medieval Iceland. The book concludes with a normalized edition of the only complete redaction of Mo̜rtu saga ok Maríu Magðalenu, followed by its first English translation."-- Provided by publisher.
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