Selections from The Life of Christina of Markyate by Henrietta Leyser, C. H. Talbot, Samuel Fanous

Selections from The Life of Christina of Markyate

Henrietta Leyser, C. H. Talbot, Samuel Fanous

11 pages • first pub 1349 (editions) user-added

nonfiction classics history reflective slow-paced
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'I wish to remain single, for I have made a vow of virginity.' This is the remarkable story of the twelfth-century recluse Christina, who became prioress of Markyate, near St Albans in Hertfordshire. Determined to devote her life to God and to rem...

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