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Cover illustration: Saint Catherine of Siena, 1347â1380. Credit: Wellcome Collection. CC BY.
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Names: Herrick, Samantha Kahn, editor.
Title: Hagiography and the history of Latin Christendom, 500â1500 / edited by Samantha Kahn Herrick.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2020. | Series: Reading medieval sources, 2589â2509 ; volume 4 | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary: âEvery medieval saintâs cult required a set of narratives, for every saint was defined by the story that revealed his or her sanctity. Such narratives were often transmitted as Latin texts, although they could be written in the vernacular or composed and preserved orally- and indeed many stories about saints circulated in some combination of these forms. Those still accessible to scholars are primarily the written works on which this book focuses. The fundamental text related the saintâs story as his or her devotees wished to tell it- his or her life (vita), if the saint died peacefully, or passion (passio), if he or she was martyred. Miracle collections recorded and publicized the wonders that were said to have occurred at the saintâs tomb (and elsewhere)ââ Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019040941 (print) | LCCN 2019040942 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004417267 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004417472 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Christian hagiographyâHistoryâTo 1500. | Church historyâMiddle Ages, 600â1500.
Classification: LCC BX4662 .H334 2020 (print) | LCC BX4662 (ebook) | DDC 235/.209âdc23
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ISSN 2589-2509
ISBN 978-90-04-41726-7 (hardback)
ISBN 978-90-04-41747-2 (e-book)
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