Catherine of Alexandria was one of the most venerated female saints of the Middle Ages. This volume presents verse legend VIII from the Dominican St. Katharinental Convent at Dießenhofen, one of the most extensive and literarily ambitious German versions of the legend of Catherine. It is the first volume to provide an edition of the legend and analyzes it against the backdrop of Latin and German tradition.

Tanguy Donnet, University of Lausanne, Switzerland.