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Anonymous Old English Lives of Saints (Hardcover)
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Anonymous Old English Lives of Saints (Hardcover)
Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library
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From the first centuries of Christianity, believers turned to the
perfection modeled by saints for inspiration, and a tradition of
recounting saints' Lives flourished. The Latin narratives followed
specific forms, dramatizing a virgin's heroic resolve or a martyr's
unwavering faith under torture. In early medieval England, saints'
Lives were eagerly received and translated into the vernacular. The
stories collected here by unknown authors are preserved in
manuscripts dating from the eleventh and twelfth centuries. They
include locally venerated saints like the abbess Seaxburh, as well
as universally familiar ones like Nicholas and Michael the
Archangel, and are set everywhere from Antioch to Rome, from India
to Ephesus. These Lives also explore such topics as the obligations
of rulers, marriage and gender roles, private and public devotion,
the environment, education, and the sweep of human history. This
volume presents new Old English editions and modern English
translations of twenty-two unattributed saints' Lives.
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