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From Sithiu to Saint-Bertin : hagiographic exegesis and collective memory in the early medieval cults of Omer and Bertin / David Defries.
Van Pelt Library BX2615.S58 D447 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Defries, David, author.
- Series:
- Studies and texts (Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies) ; 219.
- Studies and texts ; 219
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Saint-Bertin (Monastery : Saint-Omer, Pas-de-Calais, France)--Historiography.
- Saint-Bertin (Monastery : Saint-Omer, Pas-de-Calais, France).
- Christian saints--Cult--France--Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais)--Historiography.
- Christian saints.
- Monks--France--Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais)--Historiography.
- Monks.
- Monasticism and religious orders--France--Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais)--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500--Historiography.
- Monasticism and religious orders.
- Collective memory--France--Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais)--Historiography.
- Collective memory.
- Historiography.
- History.
- Christian saints--Cult.
- Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais, France)--Church history--Middle Ages, 600-1500--Historiography.
- Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais, France).
- France--Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais).
- Genre:
- Church history.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 340 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, [2019]
- Summary:
- "Previous studies of the abbey of Sithiu (modern Saint-Omer) have often sought to explain the competition between the canons of Saint-Omer and the monks of Saint-Bertin, a rivalry deriving from their shared origins in the abbey of Sithiu. However, David Defries' book centres on the cooperative relationship that developed between the saints Omer and Bertin in the monks' collective memory. Earlier historians overwhelmingly assumed that collective memory has a narrative structure and that the texts meant to shape its evolution are “historiographic” in form. In contrast, Defries treats Sithiu's historiography as a type of scriptural exegesis that emphasizes the allegorical levels, especially typology and tropology, of the Christian scriptural hermeneutic. This argument has broad implications for the study of early medieval collective memory; indeed, From Sithiu to Saint-Bertin may be seen as a preliminary case study for the value of paradigmatic approaches to early medieval memory."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Constructing the exegetical past
- Scola Christi, c. 638-750
- Loca regiminis, 750-861
- Geminae columnae, 861-900
- The memory of loss, 900-65
- Saint-Bertin, 965-1007.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-328) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Defries, David. From Sithiu to Saint-Bertin.
- ISBN:
- 9780888442192
- 088844219X
- OCLC:
- 1110183771
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