Mary Magdalene can be described not only as a saint but as a sinner. Explain why this sinning saint was a popular role model in the Middle Ages. 800 words, MLA format
Sources:
1) Katherine Ludwig Jansen. “Mary Magdalen.” In Margaret Schaus, (ed.). Women and Gender in
Medieval Europe: an Encyclopedia. London: Routledge, 2016. [Originally published in 2006].
pp. 531–34.
2)Katherine Ludwig Jansen. The Making of the Magdalen: Preaching and Popular Devotion In the Later Middle Ages. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2001. Chapter 1, “In Memory of Her: From History to Legend,” pp. 18–46.
3)Katherine Ludwig Jansen. The Making of the Magdalen: Preaching and Popular Devotion In the
Later Middle Ages. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2001. Chapter 6, “There was a
Sinner in the City,” pp. 168–96. Chapter 7, “The Exemplar of Perfect Penance,” pp. 199–244.
4)Katherine Ludwig Jansen. The Making of the Magdalen: Preaching and Popular Devotion In the Later Middle Ages. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2001. Chapter 2, “The Vita
Apostolica,” pp. 52–82.
