1st Edition
Margaret's Monsters Women, Identity, and the Life of St. Margaret in Medieval England
Introduction
The Lives of St. Margaret
The Devil and the Details
Chapter 1: The Monastic Margaret: The Life of St. Anthony and Gregory’s Dialogues in the Life
The Life of St. Anthony and Gregory’s Dialogues
Borrowed Demons
Conclusion
Chapter 2: In the Belly of the Beast: Sexual Surrender and Resistance in the Life
Maternal Succumbing: The Paris Version
Virginal Resistance: The Katherine Group Version
Instruction in Imitation: The Katherine Group Version and Hali Meiðhad
Conclusion
Chapter 3: The Devil Made Me Do It – Audience Partitioning and the Life of St. Margaret
Monastic Masturbation: The Paris Version
In Defense of Virginity: The Katherine Group Version
Four-Footed Beasts: The CCC Version
Conclusion
Chapter 4: Circumcising Olibrius: Threatening Sexuality and Religious Alterity in the Life of St. Margaret
Demonic Sexuality
Synthesis
Religious Identity
Jewish Identity
Saracen Identity
Conclusion
Chapter 5: Paging Dr. Margaret: Prayers and Pregnancy in the Life of St. Margaret
Margaret’s Blessings
Gleanings to This Point
Margaret at the Bedside
The Life of the Life
Conclusion: The Metamorphosis of Monsters
The World of the Perpetual Present
Shards of the "Present"
A Socio-Cultural History from the Monstrous
Reflections on Monsters, Time, and Saints
Index
Biography
Michael E. Heyes is Assistant Professor of Religion at Lycoming College. He has published within the field of monster studies, film, and medieval studies, and his edited volume – Holy Monsters, Sacred Grotesques: Monstrosity and Religion in Europe and the United States – contains contributions to all three topics. He is a general editor of The Journal of Gods and Monsters. This is his first monograph.
