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The Virgin In The Tower: St Barbara In Medieval And Modern Hagiography

The Virgin In The Tower: St Barbara In Medieval And Modern Hagiography

By Felicity Cable

Trinity College Dublin Journal of Postgraduate Research, Vol.6 (2006)

Synopsis: Examines the medieval interest in Saint Barbara, an apocryphal martyr from the 3rd century.  Her story became popular in the later middle ages.

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