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Medieval Hagiography
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Author : Thomas Head
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-10-24
Medieval Hagiography written by Thomas Head and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-24 with History categories.
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.
Saints And Scribes
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Author : Pamela Gehrke
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1993-02-17
Saints And Scribes written by Pamela Gehrke and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-02-17 with History categories.
In this survey of thirteenth-century codices in Old French verse that contain at least one saint's life, the author finds a great variety among combinations, in contrast to the corpus of medieval Latin hagiographic manuscripts. She interprets the combinations of texts in four collections, demonstrating the value of codicological and textual analysis of entire manuscripts as an approach to medieval vernacular pious literature.
Early Medieval Hagiography
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Author : James Trevor Palmer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
Early Medieval Hagiography written by James Trevor Palmer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Christian hagiography categories.
"Saints were powerful role models in the early Middle Ages, capable of defining communities. But what roles did saintly biographies play in shaping the medieval West? Are we any closer to the 'elusive goal' of understanding society and its many post-Roman transformations through them? This book provides a new starting point for the investigation of the early Middle Ages through hagiography. It critically examines the varied nature of hagiography in different societies, from Ireland to Germany via Rome and Spain, to help pave the way for future comparative studies. The book also offers a wide-ranging assessment of different modern methodologies used to interrogate hagiographies, from early twentieth-century source criticism, to the insights gained from gender studies, postmodernism and digital humanities."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Early Medieval Hagiography
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Author : James T. Palmer
language : en
Publisher: Past Imperfect
Release Date : 2018
Early Medieval Hagiography written by James T. Palmer and has been published by Past Imperfect this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with History categories.
This short book takes readers from the creation of medieval hagiography, through the ways in which it circulated, to a wide-ranging assessment of the modern use of hagiographies and the ways in which studying hagiography has made a difference to our understanding of the period 500-900.
Medieval Saints Lives
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Author : Emma Campbell
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Release Date : 2008
Medieval Saints Lives written by Emma Campbell and has been published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Religion categories.
Contending that the study of hagiography is significant both for a consideration of medieval literature and for current theoretical debates in medieval studies, this book considers a range of Old French and Anglo-Norman texts, using modern theories of kinship and community to show how saints' lives construe social and sexual relations. Focusing on the depiction of the gift, kinship and community, the book maintains that social and sexual systems play a key role in vernacular hagiography. Such systems, along with the desires they produce and control, are, it is argued, central to hagiography's religious functions, particularly its role as a vehicle of community formation. In attempting to think beyond the limits of human relationships, saints' lives nonetheless create an environment in which queer desires and modes of connection become possible, suggesting that, in this case at least, the orthodox nurtures the queer. This book thus suggests not only that medieval hagiography is worthy of greater attention but also that this corpus might provide an important resource for theorizing community in its medieval contexts and for thinking it in the present. EMMA CAMPBELL is Associate Professor of French at the University of Warwick.
The Generation Of Identity In Late Medieval Hagiography
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Author : Gail Ashton
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2012-09-10
The Generation Of Identity In Late Medieval Hagiography written by Gail Ashton and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-10 with History categories.
In this interdisciplinary and boundary-breaking study, Gail Ashton examines the portrayals of women saints in a wide range of medieval texts. She deploys the French feminist critical theory of Cixous and Iriguray to illuminate these depictions of women by men and to further our understanding of both the lives and deeds of female saints and the contemporary, and almost always male, attitudes to them.
Lives And Miracles Of The Saints
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Author : Michael Goodich
language : de
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2004
Lives And Miracles Of The Saints written by Michael Goodich and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Hagiography is a rich source for our knowledge of many aspects of medieval culture and tradition. The lives and miracles of the saints may be read on several levels, both as an expression of the dominant ideology and as a reflection of long-term themes in medieval society. The essays in this volume attempt to exploit the Latin hagiographical sources of the medieval West as means of illuminating our understanding of a variety of such themes: childhood and adolescence, elite and popular religion, sainthood and politics, the mechanism of canonisation, women in the church, dreams, visions and the concept of the miraculous, and the convergence of heresy, disbelief and piety.
Hagiography And The History Of Latin Christendom 500 1500
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2019-12-02
Hagiography And The History Of Latin Christendom 500 1500 written by and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-02 with History categories.
The twenty-one essays of Hagiography and the History of Latin Christendom, 500-1500 employ innovative methods to unlock the historical potential of hagiographical sources and reach new discoveries about the medieval world that extend well beyond the study of sanctity.
Strategies And Tactics In Medieval Hagiography
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Author : Jeroen Deploige
language : en
Publisher: Brepols Pub
Release Date : 2011-12-01
Strategies And Tactics In Medieval Hagiography written by Jeroen Deploige and has been published by Brepols Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-01 with History categories.
The book opens with a theoretical discussion on the historical relevance of hagiography as a genre of discourse, in order to overcome recent postmodern criticism of traditional genre-distinctions and to develop a conceptual framework, for research on the interplay between discourse and society in the longue duree. The author subsequently sketches the history of hagiographic text production, while taking into account the growing spread and practice of literacy, the rise of the vernacular, the problems of authorship, changing stylistic preferences, etc. The third part of the book deals with the long-term discursive strategies in hagiographic propaganda, by analysing aspects such as the evolution in the social and religious profiles of the saints described, or the changing contexts for the uses of saints' cults. The fourth and last part, on so-called discursive tactics, presents six case-studies of hagiographical texts which, have nevertheless failed to guarantee the lasting success of the saintly actors featured in them.
The Social Life Of Hagiography In The Merovingian Kingdom
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Author : Jamie Kreiner
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2014-04-03
The Social Life Of Hagiography In The Merovingian Kingdom written by Jamie Kreiner and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-03 with History categories.
This book shows how a set of great stories changed the political playing field in an early medieval society.