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Judy Ann Ford
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Arundel's Constitutions
Arundel’s Constitutions
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British saints
British saints lives
Brut Tradition
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Caxton Golden Legend analysis
Caxton's Golden Legend
Caxton’s Golden Legend
devotional literature history
Edward III
Edward King
England's past
England's Patron Saint
England’s Patron Saint
English print culture
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Globus Cruciger
Golden Legend
hagiographical studies
Henry III
Incunabula Short Title Catalogue
Jean De Vignay
King Edward III
King Henry III
King Richard III
Legenda Aurea
medieval print culture
Modern Critical Edition
national identity
Pope Paul III
pre-Reformation England
Richard III
Saint Crispin's Day
Saint Crispin’s Day
Trinity Adored
Vernacular Bibles
vernacular scripture
Vernacular Scriptures
Wycliffite Bible
Wynkyn De Worde

Product details

  • ISBN 9780367276126
  • Weight: 480g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 20 May 2020
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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Description

In 1484, William Caxton, the first publisher of English-language books, issued The Golden Legend, a translation of the most well-known collection of saints’ lives in Europe. This study analyzes the molding of the Legenda aurea into a book that powerfully attracted the English market. Modifications included not only illustrations and changes in the arrangement of chapters, but also the addition of lives of British saints and translated excerpts from the Bible, showing an appetite for vernacular scripture and stories about England’s past. The publication history of Caxton’s Golden Legend reveals attitudes towards national identity and piety within the context of English print culture during the half century prior to the Henrician Reformation.
About Judy Ann Ford

Judy Ann Ford is Professor of History at Texas A&M University–Commerce, US. Her research interests include Medieval Europe, European Reformations, Popular Religion, and J. R. R. Tolkien.

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