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Epic lives and monasticism in the Middle Ages, 800-1050

Title
Epic lives and monasticism in the Middle Ages, 800-1050 / Anna Lisa Taylor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Author
Taylor, Anna Lisa.
Publication
New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
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Description
xvii, 327 pages; 24 cm
Subject
  • Christian poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern) > History and criticism
  • Epic poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern) > History and criticism
  • Monasticism and religious orders > Biography
  • Authors and patrons > Europe > History
  • Poetics > History > To 1500
  • Monks' writings > History and criticism
  • Christian saints > Biography > Early works to 1800
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  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Saints, teachers, princes and students -- Forging sanctity: Hilduin of Saint-Denis and the epic Passio Dionysii -- Glossing the imaginary: epic Vitae in the classroom -- Classical nightmares: Christian poets and the pagan past -- Bishops, monks and mother bees: an epic Vita at the millennium -- Mothers and daughters, affiliation and conflict in the lives of Rictrude and Eusebia -- "Black seeds on a white field" -- St. Gallen, stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 265 -- Douai bibliotheque municipale MS 849.
Call Number
JFE 13-7599
ISBN
  • 9781107030503
  • 1107030501
LCCN
2013004472
OCLC
841037527
Author
Taylor, Anna Lisa.
Title
Epic lives and monasticism in the Middle Ages, 800-1050 / Anna Lisa Taylor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Publisher
New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Type of Content
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Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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