Tussen orde en transgressie : heilige travestieten in Byzantijnse hagiografie Universiteit Gent
Byzantine hagiography has produced a number of stories about female saints who spend their lives disguised as men. Scholars have interpreted these figures (also known as ‘cross-dressing saints’) in various and diverging ways. According to some, they express a transgression of patriarchal gender norms, while to others, the stories reaffirm such norms. This article argues that the different views are not necessarily mutually exclusive. It ...