For this month's module we will explore The Old English Life of St Mary of Egypt. A Saint's Life was a very popular genre both in oral and in written literary traditions. Sometimes these were translated from Latin, sometimes they were written in the vernacular. Some of them are downright weird. This tale begins with a prostitute who is curious why a group of men is going to Bethlehem and attaches herself to them, and her adventures thereafter. It is a delightful little tale that proved to be very popular in Early Medieval England.

Required Text: Old English Life of St Mary of Egypt: An Edition of the Old English Text with Modern English Parallel-Text Translation (Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies LUP).