Miracles of St Bba of Coldingham and St Margaret of Scotland

Zusatztext Bartlett's translation is scrupulous without sacrificing fluency: the production standards of Oxford Medieval Texts are as high as ever. Klappentext The two texts edited here are previously unpublished accounts of the miracles of St AEbba of Coldingham and St Margaret of Scotland. They tell of the miracles performed at or in the vicinity of their shrines at Coldingham and Dunfermline in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries and illuminate the religious and social life of southern Scotland in a period for which the narrative sources are not very rich. Zusammenfassung The two texts edited here are previously unprinted accounts of the miracles of St Æbba of Coldingham and St Margaret of Scotland. Both saints were Anglo-Saxon royal ladies and both were buried in what was, by the eleventh century, the southern part of the Kingdom of Scots, at Coldingham and Dunfermline respectively. The texts tell of the miracles performed at or in the vicinity of their shrines in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries and illuminate the religious and social life of southern Scotland in a period for which the narrative sources are not very rich. Although there are several Lives of Scottish saints in print (including a famous one of St Margaret), hitherto no collection of accounts of their miracles has been published and these unexplored sources reveal many new details, not only about the geographical and social profile of the two cults, but also about everyday life. They provide a reference to a Scottish fiddler; mention what is probably the earliest named Scottish artist; and give a great deal of information on illness, madness, demons, and visions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Texts and Translations Index

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Robert Bartlett, Robert ( Bartlett, Robert (Bishop Wardlow Professor of Medi Bartlett
• Con la collaborazione di: Robert Bartlett (Editore), Bartlett Robert (Editore), Robert Bartlett (Traduzione)
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 20.11.2003
• EAN: 9780199259229
• ISBN: 978-0-19-925922-9
• Pagine: 212
• Serie: Oxford Medieval Texts; Oxford Medieval Texts
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Medioevo; HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Scotland, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, CE period up to c 1500, British & Irish history, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Social and cultural history, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, European history: medieval period, middle ages, Lowland Scotland and Borders, Lowland Scotland & Borders, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval