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The Slavic Letters of St. Jerome : the history of the legend and its legacy, or, How the translator of the Vulgate became an apostle of the Slavs / Julia Verkholantsev ; design by Shaun Allshouse.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Verkholantsev, Julia, author.
- Series:
- NIU Series in Orthodox Christian Studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christian saints, Slavic--Europe, Eastern.
- Christian saints, Slavic.
- Glagolitic alphabet--History.
- Glagolitic alphabet.
- Liturgical language--History.
- Liturgical language.
- Europe, Eastern--Church history.
- Europe, Eastern.
- Catholic Church--Liturgy.
- Catholic Church.
- Jerome, Saint, -419 or 420.
- Jerome.
- Bible--Versions.
- Bible.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (274 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- De Kalb, Illinois : NIU Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Slavic Letters of St. Jerome is the first book-length study of the medieval legend that Church Father and biblical translator St. Jerome was a Slav who invented the Slavic (Glagolitic) alphabet and Roman Slavonic rite. Julia Verkholantsev locates the roots of this belief among the Latin clergy in Dalmatia in the 13th century and describes in fascinating detail how Slavic leaders subsequently appropriated it to further their own political agendas. The Slavic language, written in Jerome's alphabet and endorsed by his authority, gained the unique privilege in the Western Church of being the only language other than Latin, Greek, and Hebrew acceptable for use in the liturgy. Such privilege, confirmed repeatedly by the popes, resulted in the creation of narratives about the distinguished historical mission of the Slavs and became a possible means for bridging the divide between the Orthodox and Catholic Churches in the Slavic-speaking lands. In the fourteenth century the legend spread from Dalmatia to Bohemia and Poland, where Glagolitic monasteries were established to honor the Apostle of the Slavs Jerome and the rite and letters he created. The myth of Jerome's apostolate among the Slavs gained many supporters among the learned and spread far and wide, reaching Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and England. Grounded in extensive archival research, Verkholantsev examines the sources and trajectory of the legend of Jerome's Slavic fellowship within a wider context of European historical and theological thought. This unique volume will appeal to medievalists, Slavicists, scholars of religion, those interested in saints' cults, and specialists of philology.
- Contents:
- Origins: enigmatic apostolate
- The "mission"
- "And every tongue shall confess to God"
- The alphabet
- The liturgy
- The controversy
- The Slavonic rite in Bohemia
- The Slavonic rite in Poland?
- The bifurcation of Slavic writing: Glagolitic and Cyrillic
- Croatia: empowering myth
- The arrival of the Slavonic rite in Croatia
- The Roman Slavonic rite of the Glagolite clergy
- Sts. Cyril and Methodius as Slavic apostles in Croatia
- Cyril and Methodius in historical sources
- The legend is created: sources
- The legend is created: historical setting
- "Letters alone in books renew the past"
- Bohemia: imperial aspirations
- The Roman Slavonic rite in Prague
- "Monasterium sancti Hieronymi slavorum ordinis Benedicti"
- Patron saints of the Slavonic Monastery of St. Jerome
- The Slavic theme in Charles's representation of Bohemia's sacred history
- The theology of the Slavonic Monastery's murals
- Glagolitic, Cyrillic, and Latin letters at the Slavonic Monastery of St. Jerome
- St. Jerome's Slavic alphabet, the nobilis lingua Slauonica, and the Czech bible
- The cult of St. Jerome in Bohemia beyond the Slavonic Monastery
- St. Jerome in literary sources of Bohemian provenance
- Implications of St. Jerome's recognition as a Slav in Bohemia
- Silesia: a provincial exploit
- The Slavonic Monastery
- Hypotheses
- Poland: in Prague's footsteps
- The Slavonic Monastery of the Holy Cross at Kleparz: sources and evidence
- The cult of Sts. Cyril and Methodius in Poland: hypothesis and evidence
- Catholic mission to the Orthodox Rus: hypothesis and evidence
- The Roman Slavonic rite as memorial to Slavic christianity
- Jadwiga: patron of the monastery
- The Czech trend
- The Slavic vernacular
- Decline
- St. Jerome as a Slavic apostle
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-5017-5792-X
- 1-60909-158-2
- OCLC:
- 897560877
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