Geoffrey of Burton: Life and Miracles of St Modwenna - Life and Miracles of St.modwenna

Zusatztext Robert Bartlett's edition ... is clear, accurate and furnished with a splendidly lucid translation ... For his edition of these miracle stories, Bartlett deserves our thanks. For rescuing a little known but fascinating example of Anglo-Irish hagiography, he places us still further in his debt. Klappentext This is the first edition of the life of St Modwenna, an obscure Irish saint whose bones supposedly came to rest in the West Midlands abbey of Burton. Abbot Geoffrey of Burton's account of her life sheds much light on the Latinity, religious attitudes, and historical consciousness of this Benedictine author, while his collection of miracle-stories associated with her shrine is an immensely valuable source for the social and religious history of England in the twelfth century. Zusammenfassung Geoffrey of Burton's Life and Miracles of St Modwenna (BHL 2097) is among the most substantial pieces of twelfth-century English hagiographic writing not previously to have appeared in print. It was produced by the abbot of Burton, where Modwenna's bones supposedly lay, in the period 1118-50, and consists of two parts of unequal length: the vita or Life proper, and the collection of miracle stories. The first part, forming about four-fifths of the total text, was based on an earlier Life by the Irish author Conchubranus, which Geoffrey revised and modified in style and substance. His creative rewriting of the Life throws much light on the Latinity, religious attitudes, and historical consciousness of an early twelfth-century Benedictine author. The second and shorter part of the text is made up of accounts of the miraculous cures and punishments connected with Modwenna's shrine at Burton. Geoffrey composed these stories on the basis of oral traditions and his own experience and they constitute a valuable source for the social and religious history of this part of England in the Norman period. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Vita sancte moduenne virginis/Life of the Virgin Saint Modwenna Indexes ...

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Robert Bartlett, Robert ( Bartlett, Geoffrey
• Collaboration: Robert Bartlett (Editeur), Robert Bartlett (Traduction)
• Edition: Oxford University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 21.03.2002
• EAN: 9780198206064
• ISBN: 978-0-19-820606-4
• Pages: 304
• Thèmes: Oxford Medieval Texts; Oxford Medieval Texts
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Biographies, autobiographies; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Moyen Age; England, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Essays, HISTORY / Essays, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, CE period up to c 1500, British & Irish history, Literary essays, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Biography: historical, political and military, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval