âImpressed by Their Stampâ: Hagiography and the Cultivation of the Self

Ineke van ât Spijker

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Chapter 9 âImpressed by Their Stampâ: Hagiography and the Cultivation of the Self

In: Hagiography and the History of Latin Christendom, 500â1500

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Hagiographical sources often offer the life of the saint not only for his or her powers of intercession or as that of a person to be admired as more than human, but also as a model to be imitated. In this they fit into a broader literature aimed at the readerâs formation. Concentrating on the eleventh and twelfth centuries, the article discusses the relation of this function of vitae offering a model with other aspects of the hagiographical sources, and some of the underlying ideas about formationâthe idea of âcraftingâ the person as in the medieval view one does with a work of artâand points also to correspondences with other literature of formation. The saint, according to the hagiographer, having modelled himself or herself after earlier saints, and ultimately Christ, becomes a model for the readers of the saintâs life.

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Hagiography and the History of Latin Christendom, 500â1500

Series:Â Reading Medieval Sources, Volume: 4

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004417472

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 18 Dec 2019

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Hagiography and the History of Latin Christendom, 500â1500