Osbern Bokenham - Lives of the Saints

This is the first 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

• Introduction


• Advent


• Andrew


• Barbara


• Lucy


• Thomas Apostle


• Nativity of our Lord


• Anastasia


• Steven


• John The Evangelist


• Innocents


• Thomas of Canterbury


• Silvester


• Circumcision of Our Lord


• Martina


• Basil


• Epiphany


• Paul Hermit


• Remigius


• Hilarius


• Macarius


• Felix of Nola


• Maurus


• Macrellus


• Prisca


• Anthony Abbot


• Wulfstan


• Marius, Martha, Audifax, and Abacuk


• Fabian


• Sebastian


• Agnes


• Vincent


• John Almoner


• Conversion of Paul


• Paula


• Julianus


• Cyrus and John


• Septuagesima


• Sexagesima


• Quinquagesima


• Quadragesima


• Purification of Our Lady


• Blaise


• Gilbert


• Agatha


• Dorothy


• William The Hermit


• Vedastus


• Amandus


• Apollonia


• Scholastica


• Valentine


• Juliana


• Peter's Chair


• Matthias


• David


• Cedde


• Thomas Aquinas


• Felix of Dunwich


• Gregory


• Longinus


• Patrick


• Benedict


• Annunciation


• Passion of Our Lord


• Resurrection

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 first 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 Horobin (Editor), Horobin Simon (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.08.2020
• EAN: 9780198867975
• ISBN: 978-0-19-886797-5
• No. of pages: 502
• Series: Early English Text Society Original Series
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Ancient & Classical, Medieval History, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, European history: medieval period, middle ages, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Middle English