The saints' lives of Jocelin of Furness : hagiography, patronage and ecclesiastical politics /

Jocelin of Furness (fl.1175x1214), the Cistercian hagiographer, composed four substantial and significant saints' lives; varying widely in both subject and patron, they offer a rich corpus of medieval hagiographical writing. Jocelin's <I>Vita S. Patricii</I> and <I>Vita S...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Birkett, Helen (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Woodbridge, Suffolk : Rochester, N.Y. : York Medieval Press ; Boydell & Brewer, 2010.
Colección:JSTOR EBA.
Temas:
Jocelin, > active 1200.
Jocelin, > active 1200
Christian hagiography > History and criticism.
Hagiographie chrétienne > Histoire et critique.
RELIGION > Christian Church > History.
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
HISTORY > Medieval.
Christian hagiography
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontcover; CONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; Part I Texts; 1. Expanding the Narrative: The Composition of the Vita S. Patricii; 2. Compiling Female Sanctity: The Sources for the Vita S. Helenae; 3. Restoring the Text: Jocelin's Approach to the Vita S. Kentegerni; 4. From the Testimony of Trustworthy Men: The Interaction of Oral and Written Sources in the Vita S. Waldevi; Part II Contexts; 5. Irish Ecclesiastical Politics and Anglo-Norman Sponsorship: The Patronage of the Vita S. Patricii.
  • 6. Scottish Independence and Ecclesiastical Reform: The Vita S. Kentegerni in Context7. Promoting Sanctity: The Vita S. Waldevi, Canonization and Cistercian Saintly Cults; 8. Locating the Text: The Patrons, Sources and Historical Context of the Vita S. Helenae; 9. Exemplary Narratives: Contemporary Reforming Discourses in Jocelin's Vitae; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; Backcover.

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