Description: Further DetailsTitle: Anonymous Old English Lives of SaintsCondition: NewEAN: 9780674244641ISBN: 9780674244641Publisher: Harvard University PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 05/12/2020Language: EnglishItem Height: 203mmItem Length: 133mmContributor: Robin Norris (Edited and translated by), Johanna Kramer (Edited and translated by), Hugh Magennis (Edited and translated by)ISBN-10: 0674244648Description: From the first centuries of Christianity, believers turned to the perfection modeled by saints for inspiration, and a tradition of recounting saints’ Lives flourished. The Latin narratives followed specific forms, dramatizing a virgin’s heroic resolve or a martyr’s unwavering faith under torture.In early medieval England, saints’ Lives were eagerly received and translated into the vernacular. The stories collected here by unknown authors are preserved in manuscripts dating from the eleventh and twelfth centuries. They include locally venerated saints like the abbess Seaxburh, as well as universally familiar ones like Nicholas and Michael the Archangel, and are set everywhere from Antioch to Rome, from India to Ephesus. These Lives also explore such topics as the obligations of rulers, marriage and gender roles, private and public devotion, the environment, education, and the sweep of human history. This volume presents new Old English editions and modern English translations of twenty-two unattributed saints’ Lives.Country/Region of Manufacture: USBook Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval LibraryGenre: Philosophy & SpiritualityAuthor: Johanna KramerRelease Year: 2020 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Anonymous Old English Lives of Saints
Title: Anonymous Old English Lives of Saints
EAN: 9780674244641
ISBN: 9780674244641
Release Date: 05/12/2020
Release Year: 2020
Contributor: Hugh Magennis (Edited and translated by)
ISBN-10: 0674244648
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library
Book Title: Anonymous Old English Lives of Saints
Number of Pages: 816 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication Year: 2020
Topic: Europe / Great Britain / Norman Conquest to Late Medieval (1066-1485), Christianity / Saints & Sainthood, Religious, Europe / Great Britain / Middle Ages (449-1066), Christian Life / Devotional, Christianity / Literature & the Arts
Item Height: 1.5 in
Genre: Religion, Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 20 oz
Author: Johanna Kramer
Item Length: 8 in
Book Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library
Item Width: 5.2 in
Format: Hardcover
