Saints and their communities : miracle stories in twelfth century England / Simon Yarrow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yarrow, Simon.

Series:

Oxford historical monographs.

Oxford historical monographs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monastic and religious life--England--History.

Monastic and religious life.

Christian saints--England--Biography.

Christian saints.

Miracles.

England--Church history--1066-1485.

England.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (260 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a study of the common social characteristics and circumstances of those among the lay society of twelfth-century England who tended to seek assistance in the form of miracles at the shrines of saints. It aims to make sense of their religious experience and motivation, re-evaluating the religious clich--eacute--;s of devotion found in conventional medieval narratives. - ;Saints and their Communities offers a new approach to the study of lay religion as evidenced in collections of miracle narratives in twelfth-century England. There are a number of problems associated with the interpreta

Contents:

Contents; List of Maps; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. The Cult of St Edmund of Bury; 3. The Canons of Laon and their Tour of England; 4. The Miracles of St Ithamar of Rochester; 5. Little St William of Norwich; 6. The Miracles of St Frideswide of Oxford; 7. The Hand of St James at Reading; 8. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Originally presented as the author's thesis--Oxford University, 1999.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-238) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-75795-7

1-4294-3080-X

0-19-151579-5

OCLC:

781255743