Early medieval hagiography:

Saints were powerful role models in the early Middle Ages, capable of defining communities. But what roles did saintly biographies play in shaping the medieval West? Can we understand society and its many post-Roman transformations through them? This short book takes readers from the creation of med...

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Main Author: Palmer, James ca. 20./21. Jh (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leeds ARC Humanities Press 2018
Series:Past imperfect (ARC Humanities Press)
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1017/9781641890892
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781641890892
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781641890892
Summary:Saints were powerful role models in the early Middle Ages, capable of defining communities. But what roles did saintly biographies play in shaping the medieval West? Can we understand society and its many post-Roman transformations through them? This short book takes readers from the creation of medieval hagiography, through the ways in which it circulated, to a wide-ranging assessment of different modern methodologies used to interrogate hagiographies, from early twentieth-century source criticism, to the insights gained from gender studies, postmodernism and digital humanities
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Chapter 1 - Making saints (Up) -- - Chapter 2 - Collecting saints' stories -- - Chapter 3 - Historians and the quest for truth -- - Chapter 4 - Hagiographies and early medieval history
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (122 Seiten)
ISBN:9781641890892
DOI:10.1017/9781641890892