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Pious fictions and pseudo-saints in the late Middle Ages : selected legends from an Icelandic legendary / translated by Marianne Kalinke and Kirsten Wolf.
Van Pelt Library PT7309 .R49513 2023
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Mediaeval sources in translation ; 61.
- Mediaeval sources in translation ; 61
- Standardized Title:
- Reykjahólabók. Selections. English.
- Language:
- English
- Icelandic
- Subjects (All):
- Reykjahólabók.
- Old Norse literature--Translations into English.
- Old Norse literature.
- Old Norse literature--German influences.
- Christian saints--Legends.
- Christian saints.
- Christian saints--Biography--Early works to 1800.
- Christian hagiography--History--To 1500.
- Christian hagiography.
- History.
- Translations.
- history (discipline).
- translations (documents).
- Medical Subjects:
- History.
- Translations.
- Genre:
- legends (literary genre)
- Biographies.
- Early works.
- History.
- Legends.
- Translations.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 281 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, [2023]
- Language Note:
- Text chiefly in English; some text in Icelandic.
- Summary:
- "This volume provides English translations of selected legends from a remarkable sixteenth-century Icelandic collection known as the Reykjahólabók. The Middle Low German originals it translates are no longer extant and are apocryphal wholly or in part. Also included is a wide-ranging introduction that surveys the historical and literary contexts for the translation of Catholic saints' lives on the eve of the Protestant Reformation, as well as normalized editions of the sixteenth-century texts accessible to readers of contemporary Icelandic."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The Legend of St Oswald
- The Legend of Saints Henry and Cunegund
- The Legend of St John Chrysostom, the Golden Mouthed
- The Legend of St Jerome and the Lion
- The Legend of St Christopher, the Christ Bearer
- The Legend of St George, the Dragon Slayer
- The Legend of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus
- The Legend of Gregorius, the Good Sinner.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Pious fictions and pseudo-saints in the late Middle Ages.
- ISBN:
- 9780888443113
- 0888443110
- OCLC:
- 1346990804
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