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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Woodbridge, Suffolk : Rochester, N.Y. :
York Medieval Press ; Boydell & Brewer,
2010.
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| Colección: | JSTOR EBA.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. Kentegerni</I> provide updated versions of each saint's legend and are carefully adapted to reflect the interests of their respective patrons in Ireland and Scotland. The <I>Vita S. Helenae</I> was probably commissioned by a female community in England; it represents an idealized narrative mirror of its early thirteenth-century context. In contrast, the <I>Vita S. Waldevi</I> was written to promote the formal canonization of a new saint, Waltheof (d.1159), abbot of the Cistercian house of Melrose in the Scottish borders.<BR> This is the first full-length study of the Lives. It combines detailed analyses of the composition of the texts with study of their patronage, audiences, and contemporary contexts; and it provides new insights into Jocelin's works and the writing of hagiography in the period.<BR><BR> Helen Birkett is a Mellon Fellow at the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 326 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781846158964 1846158966 |