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Abbot
Alfred Thomas
Augustus Jessopp
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Barrett Wendell
Beverly Mayne Kienzle
Blessed Martyr
Bruce L. Venarde
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Cathedral
Charlemagne
Claudia Rapp
Clue
Colum Cille
Confer
David A. Warner
David Appleby
David Brakke
Dorothy Africa
Duke
E. Gordon Whatley
Elissa R. Henken
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Felice Lifshitz
Follow
Frankish Kingdom
Geoffrey Koziol
George Ferzoco
Held
Henrietta Leyser
Holy Bishop
Holy Men
Ian Wood
Isle
Jeffrey A. Bowman
Jennifer Paxton
Jo Ann Mcnamara
John M. Mcculloh
Laura A. Smoller
Lord Jesus Christ
Margaret Cormack
Mary Bernadine Bregman
Mathew Kuefler
Montague Rhodes James
Nadia Margolis
Nancy Vine Durling
Nephew
Nora Berend
North
Otto III
Paul Grosjean
Philippe Buc
Precious Stones
Prophecies
Raymond Clemens
Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski
Sarah Mcnamer
Scribes
Sherry Reames
Susan Einbinder
Tours
Translator's Note
Translator’s Note
Vow
Wendy R. Larson
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9780415937535
- Weight: 1640g
- Dimensions: 178 x 254mm
- Publication Date: 23 Jul 2001
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This collection presents-through the medium of translated sources-a comprehensive guide to the development of hagiography and the cult of the saints in western Christendom during the middle ages. It provides an unparalleled resource for the study of the ideals of sanctity and the practice of religion in the medieval west. Intended for the classroom, for the medieval scholar who wishes to explore sources in unfamiliar languages, and for the general reader fascinated by the saints, this collection provides the reader a chance to explore in depth a full range of writings about the saints (the term hagiography is derived from Greek roots: hagios=holy and graphe=writing). The thirty-six chapters contain sources either in their entirety or in selections of substantial length. The great majority of the texts have never previously appeared in English translation. Those which have appeared in earlier translation, are here presented in versions based on significant new textual and historical scholarship which makes them significant improvements on the earlier versions. All the translations are accompanied by introductions, notes, and suggestions for further reading in order to help guide the reader. The first selections date to the fourth century, when the ideals of Christian sanctity were evolving to meet the demands of a world in which Christianity was an accepted religion and when the public veneration of relics was growing greatly in scope. The last selections date to the period immediately prior to the Reformation, a period in which the traditional concept of sanctity and acceptability of de cult of relics was being questioned. In addition to numerous works from the clerical languages of Latin and Greek, the selections include translations from Romance, Celtic, Germanic, and Slavic vernacular languages, s well as Hebrew texts concerning the martyrdom of Jews at the hands of Christians. Originating in lands from Iceland to Hungary and from the Baltic to the Mediterranean, they are taken from a full range of the many genres which constituted hagiography: lives of the saints, collections of miracle stories, accounts of the discovery or movement of relics, liturgical books, visions, canonization inquests, and even heresy trials.
