Table of Contents

Preface - the life of St Katherine; the cult of St Katherine of Alexandria in late medieval England - an introduction; St Katherine as virgin martyr; reading St Katherine in the parish - the aquisition of knowledge and power; reading St Katherine in the household - education, household managers and the pursuit of the Mixed Life; St Katherine and women.

About the Author

Senior Lecturer in History, University of Huddersfield

Reviews

This fine study should be commended to students of church history and medieval literature.
*JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY*

A most useful overview of the interactive raltionship between the cult of St Katherine and the social context of late-medieval England... brings together a wealth of material from sources that are too often overlooked or segregated by discipline.
*SPECULUM*

The first full-length study of an individual saint cult in late medieval England... Demonstrat[es] the wide popularity of St Katherine, leaving little doubt that this was one of the most important saint cults in late medieval England.
*ALBION*