Sulpicius Severus' Vita martini / edited by Philip Burton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Severus, Sulpicius, author.

Contributor:

Burton, Philip (Philip Hugh), editor.

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Martin, Saint, Bishop of Tours, approximately 316-397.

Christian saints--France--Tours--Biography.

Christian saints.

France--Tours.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 298 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2017.

Language Note:

Parallel Latin text and English translation.

Summary:

The Vita Martini or Life of Martini by Sulpicius Severus is one of the classic Latin hagiographies. Its hero, Martin, was one of the first monks in the Western Roman Empire and was also one of the first monk-bishops. His life, as presented by Sulpicius, is a series of confrontations: with various Emperors and other leading figures in the Roman state, with members of the 'Arian heresy', Christians whose theology of the Trinity placed them at odds with exponents of 'Nicene' Christianity, with his lax and venal fellow-bishops in Gaul, and above all with the Devil, whose various shows of strength and guile Martin faces down. The Vita Martini is a brilliant combination of Christian and classical culture, providing allusions both to the Bible and to authors such as Virgil and Sallust throughout. In addition to its intrinsic literary and historical interest, it is also an ideal first example of a 'real Latin' text, with a series of vivid, anecdotal episodes. This edition provides a Latin text with facing English translation, along with a commentary addressing matters of linguistic, literary, theological, and wider cultural interest, taking into account the revolution in the study of 'late antiquity' in the last fifty years Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction 1

Sulpicius Severus 1

Chronology and Historicity of the Vita Martini 9

The 'Genre of Hagiography' 25

Typology in the New Testament 32

Typology in the Vita Martini 37

The Style of the Vita Martini 40

Notes on the text 81

Vita Martini: Text and Translation 91.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-279) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780199676224

0199676224

OCLC:

1004746410

Publisher Number:

99974336457