A01=Michael Winterbottom
A01=Rodney M Thomson
A01=William of Malmesbury
Author_Michael Winterbottom
Author_Rodney M Thomson
Author_William of Malmesbury
Benedictine Monks
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Category=QRVG
Christianity
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Immaculate Conception
Latin
Marian devotion
Medieval England
Medieval Europe
Medieval history
Medieval Religion
Medieval Studies
Medieval translation
Religious Studies
Virgin Mary
William of Malmesbury
Product details
- ISBN 9781783271962
- Weight: 324g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 19 May 2017
- Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Originally written in elegant Latin, this paperback takes the translation from the original hardcover to produce an attractive edition for the student or general reader. It retains the introduction, notes and appendices while presenting the text in a modern English version as elegant and engaging as the original.
Written around 1135 by the Benedictine monk, historian and scholar William of Malmesbury (d. 1143), The Miracles of the Blessed Virgin Mary belongs in the first wave of collected miracles of the Virgin, produced by EnglishBenedictine monks in the 1120s and '30s. Only two copies of William's work survive in anything like its complete form, and only one of them represents the finished product. But many of the stories were also transmitted separately,in groups or individually; the systematic use of this evidence is a feature of this new text.
Originally written in elegant Latin, this paperback takes the translation from the original hardcover to produce an attractive edition for the student or general reader. It retains the introduction, notes and appendices - important to understand William's quotations and echoes from ancient authors - while presenting the text in a modern English version as elegant and engaging as the original.
Anyone wishing to compare the original and this translation may refer to the hardcover which remains available (9781783270163).
RODNEY M. THOMSON is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at the University of Tasmania. RODNEY M. THOMSON is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at the University of Tasmania.
