Word, image and experience : dynamics of miracle and self-perception in sixth-century Gaul / Giselle de Nie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nie, Giselle de.

Series:

Collected studies ; CS771.

Collected studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Miracles--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.

Miracles.

Self--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines--Early church, 30-600.

Self.

Gregory, Bishop of Tours, Saint, 538-594.

Gregory.

Fortunatus, Venantius Honorius Clementianus, approximately 540-approximately 600.

Fortunatus, Venantius Honorius Clementianus.

Self--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Miracles--History of doctrines.

Gaul--Church history.

Gaul.

Physical Description:

1 volume (various pagings) : portrait ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2003.

Contents:

Introduction: Visions of the Heart ix

Self-Perception: A Permeable Vessel

I Is a Woman a Human Being? Precept, Prejudice and Practice in Sixth-Century Gaul (First Published in Dutch as 'Is een vrouw een mens? Voorschrift, vooroordeel en praktijk in zesde-eeuws Gallie', in Het raadsel vrouwengeschiedenis, ed. F. de Haan et al. Tiende Jaarboek voor Vrouwengeschiedenis 10. Nijmegen, 1989, pp. 51-74) 1

II The Body, Fluidity and Personal Identity in the World View of Gregory of Tours (First published in French as 'Le corps, la fluidite et l'identite personnelle dans la vision du monde de Gregoire de Tours', in Aevum inter utrumque. Melanges offerts a Gabriel Sanders, ed. M. van Uytfanghe and R. Demeulenaere. Instrumenta Patristica 23. Steenbrugge, 1991, pp. 75-87) 1

III Contagium and Images of Self in Late Sixth-Century Gaul (Purity and Holiness. The Heritage of Leviticus, ed. M.J.H.M. Poorthuis and J. Schwartz. Jewish and Christian Perspectives Series 2. Leiden, 2000) 247

IV Images of Invisible Dynamics: Self and Non-Self in Sixth-Century Saints' Lives (Studia Patristica 35, ed. M.F. Wiles and E.J. Yarnold. Leuven, 2001) 52

Symbolic Action: Miracle

or Magic?

V Caesarius of Arles and Gregory of Tours: Two Sixth-Century Gallic Bishops and 'Christian Magic' (Cultural Identity and Cultural Integration: Ireland and Europe in the Early Middle Ages, ed. D. Edel. Dublin, 1995) 170

Iconic Alchemy: The Dynamic of Images

VI A Broken Lamp or the Effluence of Holy Power? Common Sense and Belief-Reality in Gregory of Tours' Own Experience (Mediavistik 3. Frankfurt am Main, 1990) 269

VII Seeing and Believing in the Early Middle Ages: A Preliminary Investigation (The Pictured Word. Word and Image Interactions 2, ed. M. Heusser et al. Studies in Comparative Literature 12. Amsterdam, 1998) 67

VIII Gregory of Tours' Smile: Spiritual Reality, Imagination and Earthly Events in the "Histories" (Historiographie in fruhen Mittelalter, ed. A. Scharer and G. Scheibelreiter. Veroffentlichungen des Instituts fur Osterreichische Geschichtsforschung 32. Wien, 1994) 68

IX History and Miracle: Gregory's Use of Metaphor (The World of Gregory of Tours, ed. K. Mitchell and I. Wood. Cultures, Beliefs and Traditions 8. Leiden, 2002) 261

X The Poet as Visionary: Venantius Fortunatus's "New Mantle" for Saint Martin (Cassiodorus 3. Catanzaro, 1997) 49

XI Iconic Alchemy: Imaging Miracles in Late Sixth-Century Gaul (Studia Patristica 30, ed. E.A. Livingstone. Leuven, 1997) 158

XII Word, Image and Experience in the Early Medieval Miracle Story (Language and Beyond. Actuality and Virtuality in the Relations between Word, Image and Sound, ed. P. Joret and A. Remael. Studies in Comparative Literature 17. Amsterdam, 1998) 97

XIII Fatherly and Motherly Curing in Sixth-Century Gaul: Saint Radegund's Mysterium (Women and Miracle Stories. A Multidisciplinary Exploration, ed. A.-M. Korte. Numen Book Series. Studies in the History of Religions 88. Leiden, 2001) 53

XIV Poetics of Wonder: Dream-Consciousness and Transformational Dynamics in Sixth-Century Miracle Stories (First published in German as 'Eine Poetik des Wunders: bildhaftes Bewusstsein und Verwandlungsdynamik in den Wundererzahlungen des spaten sechsten Jahrhunderts', in Mirakel im Mittelalter: Konzeptionen, Erscheinungsformen, Deutungen, ed. M. Heinzelmann, K. Herbers and D.R. Bauer. Beitrage zur Hagiographie 3. Stuttgart 2002, pp. 135-150) 1

The Miracle in Language

XV The 'Power' of What is Said in the Book: Word, Script and Sign in Gregory of Tours (First published in Dutch as 'De "kracht" van wat in het boek gezegd wordt: Woord, schrift en teken in zesde-eeuws Gallie', in Oraliteit en Schriftcultuur, ed. R.E.V. Stuip and C. Vellekoop. Utrechtse Bijdragen tot de Medievistiek 12. Hilversum, 1993, pp. 63-88) 1

XVI Text, Symbol and 'Oral Culture' in the Sixth-Century Church: The Miracle Story (Mediavistik 9. Frankfurt am Main, 1997) 115

XVII The Language in Miracle

The Miracle in Language: Words and the Word according to Gregory of Tours (First published in German as 'Die Sprache im Wunder

das Wunder in der Sprache. Menschenwort und Logos bei Gregor von Tours', in Mitteilungen des Instituts fur Osterreichische Geschichtsforschung 103. Wien, 1995, pp. 1-25) 1.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0860789330

OCLC:

51936851