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The Legend of Mary of Egypt in Medieval Insular Hagiography.(Review)
The Legend of Mary of Egypt in Medieval Insular Hagiography, ed. Erich Poppe and Bianca Ross (Dublin: Four Courts P., 1996; pp. 299. 35[pounds sterling]), combines the skills of the historian, literary critic and linguist. The eleven contributors focus on the Mary of Egypt legend in an insular environment embracing Ireland, Britain and Scandinavia. Hildegard Tristram's introduction advocates an interdisciplinary approach. However, her enthusiastic endorsement of Cambridge University's Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, including an excerpt from the department's 1991 student guide, while no doubt justified, downplays the work of other scholars. The individual …
