UID:
edocfu_9960119974902883
Format:
1 online resource (xii, 326 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-280-48920-0
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9786613584434
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1-84615-896-6
Content:
Jocelin of Furness (fl.1175x1214), the Cistercian hagiographer, composed four substantial and significant saints' lives; varying widely in both subject and patron, they offer a rich corpus of medieval hagiographical writing. Jocelin's 〈I〉Vita S. Patricii〈/I〉 and 〈I〉Vita S. Kentegerni〈/I〉 provide updated versions of each saint's legend and are carefully adapted to reflect the interests of their respective patrons in Ireland and Scotland. The 〈I〉Vita S. Helenae〈/I〉 was probably commissioned by a female community in England; it represents an idealized narrative mirror of its early thirteenth-century context. In contrast, the 〈I〉Vita S. Waldevi〈/I〉 was written to promote the formal canonization of a new saint, Waltheof (d.1159), abbot of the Cistercian house of Melrose in the Scottish borders.〈BR〉 This is the first full-length study of the Lives. It combines detailed analyses of the composition of the texts with study of their patronage, audiences, and contemporary contexts; and it provides new insights into Jocelin's works and the writing of hagiography in the period.〈BR〉〈BR〉 Helen Birkett is a Mellon Fellow at the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto.
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Jun 2017).
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Frontcover; CONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; Part I Texts; 1. Expanding the Narrative: The Composition of the Vita S. Patricii; 2. Compiling Female Sanctity: The Sources for the Vita S. Helenae; 3. Restoring the Text: Jocelin's Approach to the Vita S. Kentegerni; 4. From the Testimony of Trustworthy Men: The Interaction of Oral and Written Sources in the Vita S. Waldevi; Part II Contexts; 5. Irish Ecclesiastical Politics and Anglo-Norman Sponsorship: The Patronage of the Vita S. Patricii
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6. Scottish Independence and Ecclesiastical Reform: The Vita S. Kentegerni in Context7. Promoting Sanctity: The Vita S. Waldevi, Canonization and Cistercian Saintly Cults; 8. Locating the Text: The Patrons, Sources and Historical Context of the Vita S. Helenae; 9. Exemplary Narratives: Contemporary Reforming Discourses in Jocelin's Vitae; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; Backcover
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-903153-33-6
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9781846158964
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