Six. "There Was a Sinner in the City"

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Abbreviations xv
6. A Note on Transcription, Translation, and Names xvii
7. Introduction 3
8. One. "In Memory of Her": From History to Legend 18
9. Part One. The Mendicant Magdalen
10. Two. The Vita Apostolica 49
11. Three. The Vita Activa 100
12. Four. The Vita Contemplativa 116
13. Part Two: The Wages of Sin
14. Five. "Vanity of Vanities, All Is Vanity" 145
15. Six. "There Was a Sinner in the City" 168
16. Part Three. Do Penance
17. Seven. The Exemplar of Perfect Penance 199
18. Part Four. Responses
19. Eight. Responses to the Scriptural Saint 247
20. Nine. Responses to the Legendary Saint 265
21. Ten. In the Shadow of the Virgin 286
22. Eleven. The House of Anjou: A Royal Response 307
23. Twelve. "In Memory of Her": From Legend to History 333
24. Bibliography of Works Cited
25. Unpublished Primary Sources 337
26. Published Primary Sources 339
27. Secondary Sources 348
28. Index 371