LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MEDIEVAL WOMEN WRITERS
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the literary form linked closely with courtly love
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a method of creating a mystical union
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a term associated with oral transmission
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the writing and studying of saints’ lives
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Detailed explanation-1: -Medieval hagiography comprises narratives that recount the saints’ lives (vitae). Typically, these texts include the deeds and miracles associated with the saint, the conditions of their death (passio or passion) and martyrdom.
Detailed explanation-2: -hagiography, the body of literature describing the lives and veneration of the Christian saints.
Detailed explanation-3: -hagiography Add to list Share. A hagiography is a type of biography that puts the subject in a very flattering light. Hagiographies are often about saints. The two halves of hagiography refer to holiness and writing, and it is something written about holy people.
Detailed explanation-4: -1. a person who writes about the lives of the saints.
Detailed explanation-5: -“Hagiography” is composed of Greek words that mean “to write the holy” and in Western tradition the term has historically been understood to denote a literary genre that describes the lives of revered persons, especially saints.