{"product_id":"miracles-of-the-virgin-tract-on-abuses","title":"Miracles of the Virgin. Tract on Abuses","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first English translation of the earliest Latin poems about miracles performed by the Virgin Mary, composed in twelfth-century Canterbury by a Benedictine monk who inspired Chaucer.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNigel (ca. 1135–1198), a Benedictine monk at Christ Church in Canterbury, is best known for \u003ci\u003eThe Mirror of Fools\u003c\/i\u003e—a popular satire whose hero Burnellus the Ass is referenced in Chaucer’s \u003ci\u003eCanterbury Tales\u003c\/i\u003e. Nigel’s oeuvre also includes other important poems and hagiography.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eMiracles of the Virgin\u003c\/i\u003e is the oldest Latin poem about miracles performed by Mary. This collection features seventeen lively tales in which the Virgin rescues a disappointed administrator from a pact with the devil, has a Roman emperor killed by a long-dead martyr, saves a Jewish boy from being burned alive, and shields an abbess from the shame of pregnancy. Each story illustrates the boundlessness of Mary’s mercy. In the \u003ci\u003eTract on Abuses,\u003c\/i\u003e a letter that resembles a religious pamphlet, Nigel rails against ecclesiastical corruption and worldly entanglements.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlongside authoritative editions of the Latin texts, this volume offers the first translations of both works into English.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54020800708952,"sku":null,"price":38.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780674660267.jpg?v=1776812427","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/miracles-of-the-virgin-tract-on-abuses","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}