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The medieval saints' lives : spiritual renewal and Old French literature / Duncan Robertson.

Title
The medieval saints' lives : spiritual renewal and Old French literature / Duncan Robertson.
Author
Robertson, Duncan
Publication
Lexington, Ky. : French Forum, c1995.

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290 p.; 23 cm.
Series Statement
The Edward C. Armstrong monographs on medieval literature ; 8
Uniform Title
Edward C. Armstrong monographs on medieval literature 8.
Subject
  • To 1500
  • Christian hagiography
  • Christian saints > Historiography
  • French literature > To 1500 > History and criticism
  • Christian hagiography > History > To 1500
  • Christian saints > History of doctrines > Middle Ages, 600-1500
  • Christian literature, French > History and criticism
Genre/Form
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  • History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-280) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
I. The Passions of the Martyrs. Polycarp. Perpetua and Felicitas. Recovery and recruitment. The legend of St. George. Simund de Freine's Vie de saint Georges. Catherine, virgin and martyr. La Vie de sainte Catherine by Clemence of Barking. Reading the passions -- II. The Lives of the Fathers. The life of St. Anthony. Legendary dispersion. Hagiographical romance. The legends of the penitents. The life of Mary the Egyptian. The twelfth-century verse life. The romance of contemplation. Mary the Egyptian in the thirteenth century -- III. Latin Sacred Biography in France. Sulpicius Severus and St. Martin of Tours. The Martinian tradition. The Vita prima of Bernard of Clairvaux. Monastic chivalry. Bernard the abbot. Life and literature -- IV. Martinian Lives in Old French. Restoration of memory: the life of Saint Evroul. Saints and kings: conflict and collaboration. St. Giles and two kings. The life of Thomas Becket. The poet's sermon. The life of a bishop. Saint's life and epic -- V. Hagiographical Romance. The Alexis legend. The Latin life of St. Alexis. The vernacular poem. The marriage of the saint. Tales of marriage. The twelfth-century romance of St. Alexis. The sanctification of the couple. The good sinner -- Appendix: The Scribe's Prayer.
ISBN
0917058909
LCCN
^^^95060064^
OCLC
  • 33064554
  • SCSB-11116597
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library