Osbern Bokenham - Lives of the Saints Vol II

This is the second edition of a major work by the translator and hagiographer Osbern Bokenham comprising a complete translation of a collection of Latin saints lives into Middle English.

List of contents

• Secundus


• Mary Egyptian


• Ambrose


• George


• Mark


• Marcellinus Pope


• Vitalis


• Peter of Milan


• Philip


• James the Less


• Invention of the Cross


• John before the Latin gate


• Monica


• John of Beverley


• Litanies


• Ascension of our Lord


• Pentecost


• Gordianus and Epimachus


• Nereus and Achilleus


• Pancras


• Boniface


• Dunstan


• Urban


• Aldhelm


• Eleutherius


• Augustine of England


• John Pope and Martyr


• Petronilla


• Peter Exorcist and Martyr


• Erasmus


• Primus and Felicianus


• Barnabas


• Anthony of Padua


• Vitus and Modestus


• Botolph


• Marina


• Gervase and Prothase


• Silverius Pope


• Alban


• Paulinus


• Audrey


• John the Baptist


• John and Paul


• Leo Pope


• Peter Apostle


• Commemoration of Paul


• Processus and Martinian


• Translation of Thomas of Canterbury


• Theodora


• Margaret


• Alexis


• Mary Magdalen


• Apollinaris


• Christina


• Nazarius


• Felix Pope


• Simplicius and Faustinus


• Martha


• Abdon and Sennen


• Germanus


• Eusebius


• Machabees


• Peter in Chains


• Stephen Pope


• Finding of Stephen


• Dominic


• Sixtus


• Donatus


• Cyriacus


• Romanus


• Laurence


• Hippolytus


• Simplicianus


• Clare


• Tiburtius prefect of Rome


• Assumption of our Lady


• Bernard


• Bartholemew


• Augustine

About the author

Simon Horobin is Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Magdalen College. He has written extensively on the history, structure, and uses of the English language. He is the author of The English Language: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2018), How English Became English (OUP, 2016), Does Spelling Matter? (OUP, 2013), and books on the history of English, and the language of Chaucer.

Summary

This is the second edition of a major work by the translator and hagiographer Osbern Bokenham comprising a complete translation of a collection of Latin saints lives into Middle English.

Product details

• Authors: Simon (Professor of English Language and Horobin
• Assisted by: Simon (Professor of English Language and Literature Horobin (Editor), Horobin Simon (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.10.2022
• EAN: 9780192871893
• ISBN: 978-0-19-287189-3
• Series: Early English Text Society Original Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Classical linguistics / literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Medieval History, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, European history: medieval period, middle ages, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval