Three Eleventh-Century Anglo-Latin Saints' Lives Vita S. Birini, Vita et Miracula S. Kenelmi and Vita S. Rumwoldi

Name: Three Eleventh-Century Anglo-Latin Saints' Lives Vita S. Birini, Vita et Miracula S. Kenelmi and Vita S. Rumwoldi
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ISBN: 9780198205241

ISBN-10: 0198205244

ISBN-13: 9780198205241

Edition: 1996

Authors: Rosalind C. Love

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This volume contains comprehensive and scholarly editions of three Anglo-Saxon saints' lives: Birinus of Dorchester-on-Thames, Kenelm of Winchcombe, and Rumwold of Buckingham. Rosalind Love provides the Latin texts, based on all known manuscript versions, with a facing-page English translation, together with full annotation and a historical introduction which sets these works in the context of the development of hagiographical literature. Dr Love traces the growth and changes in hagiographical writing, one of the most important genres of medieval literature and essential to the understanding of the religious mentality of the Middle Ages, and shows how the eleventh century saw significant…

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List price: $345.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/1/1996
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 340
Size: 5.63" wide x 8.82" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.210
Language: English



Abbreviations



Eleventh-Century Anglo-Latin Hagiography and the Rise of the Legendary



St Birinus of Dorchester-on-Thames and Vita Sancti Birini



St Kenelm of Winchcombe and Vita Et Miracvla Sancti Kenelmi



St Rumwold of Buckingham and Vita Sancti Rvmwoldi


Editorial Procedures


Vita Sancti Birini


Vita Et Miracvla Sancti Kenelmi


Vita Sancti Rvmwoldi


App. A. Portions omitted by B and F


App. B. Homily for the Feast of St Birinus


App. C. The account of the fire at Winchcombe


App. D. Vita brevior S. Kenelmi


App. E. The Valenciennes Office for the Feast of St Kenelm


App. F. The Baptism of St Rumwold