Osbern Bokenham, Lives of the Saints, Volume III

This third volume completes the text of this hagiographic collection by the fifteenth-century writer Osbern Bokenham. Bokenham's version of the Legenda aurea was influenced by major writers such as Chaucer and Lydgate, and is also important for his naming of the patrons for whom he translated a number of these saints' lives.

List of contents

• Beheading of John the Baptist


• Savinianus


• Lupus


• Mamertinus


• Giles


• Nativity of our Lady


• Adrian


• Gorgonius


• Nicholas of Tolentino


• Protus and Hyacinthus


• Exaltation of the Cross


• Cornelius Pope


• Euphemia


• Lambert


• Matthew


• Maurice


• Justina


• Cosmas and Damian


• Michael


• Jerome


• Remigius


• Leodegar


• Francis


• Faith


• Pelagia


• Thais


• Dionysius


• Cerbonius of Populonia


• Wilfred


• Callixtus Pope


• Luke


• 11000 Virgins


• Simon and Jude


• All Saints


• All Souls


• Winifred

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 has published widely on the history of English and the language of Chaucer.

Summary

This third volume completes the text of this hagiographic collection by the fifteenth-century writer Osbern Bokenham. Bokenham's version of the Legenda aurea was influenced by major writers such as Chaucer and Lydgate, and is also important for his naming of the patrons for whom he translated a number of these saints' lives.

Product details

• Authors: Simon (Professor English Language and Lit Horobin
• Assisted by: Simon Horobin (Editor), Horobin Simon (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 04.03.2025, delayed
• EAN: 9780198934073
• ISBN: 978-0-19-893407-3
• No. of pages: 250
• Series: Early English Text Society Original Series
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Classical linguistics / literary studies; History, Prose: non-fiction, HISTORY / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, Medieval History, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, c 1000 CE to c 1500, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Biography and non-fiction prose, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval