Early medieval hagiography / James T. Palmer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Palmer, James T. (James Trevor), author.

Series:

Past imperfect (ARC Humanities Press)

Past imperfect

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian hagiography--History--To 1500.

Christian hagiography.

Hagiographers--Europe--History--To 1500.

Hagiographers.

Civilization, Medieval, in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (122 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Leeds, UK : Arc Humanities Press, 2019.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Saints were powerful role models in the early Middle Ages, capable of defining communities. But what roles did saintly biographies play in shaping the medieval West? Can we understand society and its many post-Roman transformations through them? This short book takes readers from the creation of medieval hagiography, through the ways in which it circulated, to a wide-ranging assessment of different modern methodologies used to interrogate hagiographies, from early twentieth-century source criticism, to the insights gained from gender studies, postmodernism and digital humanities.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Making saints (Up)

Chapter 2. Collecting saints' stories

Chapter 3. Historians and the quest for truth

Chapter 4. Hagiographies and early medieval history.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-64189-090-8

1-64189-911-5

1-64189-089-4

OCLC:

1078756163