Medieval Irish Saints' Lives

An Introduction to Vitae Sanctorum Hiberniae

AvRichard Sharpe

Inbunden, Engelska, 1991

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Beskrivning

This is a study of three important late medieval collections of saints' Lives. The manuscripts, written in Latin and, for the most part, relating to the lives of Irish saints, have never before been subject to critical examination. Richard Sharpe's pioneering analysis addresses such questions as when and where the Lives were compiled, and from what sources they derive. Dr Sharpe sets his own treatment of the collections within the wider context of Irish hagiographical studies. Formidable research underpins his lucid exposition and resolution of complex problems of historical and linguistic evidence.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1991-04-11
Mått:145 x 224 x 30 mm
Vikt:688 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:OUP Oxford
Antal sidor:438
Förlag:Clarendon Press
ISBN:9780198215820

Utforska kategorier

Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion
Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur

Recensioner i media

`A tour de force of meticulous scholarship, this book should have a major impact on the study of Saints' lives in general.'David Rollason, History

Innehållsförteckning

Note on references; Part I. Introduction: The writing of saints' lives in medieval Ireland; The background to Act Sanctorum Hiberniae; Modern scholars and their methods; Part II. The Textual Evidence: Manuscripts of the Dublin collection; A paradigm of the Dublin collection: Vita IV S. Brigitae; Applying the paradigm: St Patrick and St Maedoc; The collection in the Codex Salmanticensis; Manuscripts of the Oxford collection; A group of texts in SO; The O'Donohue group in SDO; The value of the textual evidence; Part III. The Collectors and Their Sources: The compilation of the Dublin collection; The milieux of the later collections; Coda; Bibliography; Index