id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt 3r074t67327 Leanne A. MacDonald Transcending Boundaries: Non-Binary Gender in Old and Middle English Saints' Lives 1904 .txt text/plain 367 10 31 Furthermore, I show that non-binary gender as it develops in these narratives adds nuance to our understanding of gender diversity as well as the intersectional relationships between gender, language, spirituality, and culture in medieval Britain. The Vernon Manuscript, which has not yet been studied for its inclusion of several gender non-binary saints' lives, presents these texts alongside other representations of gender in religious life, prompting its likely audience of women religious to consider the complexity of their own gender identities in relation to their spiritual occupations. cache/3r074t67327.txt txt/3r074t67327.txt