Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xv, 196 pages)
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digital, PDF file(s)
ISBN:
9781846153921
Content:
The creation of a past for themselves was of pressing importance to religious communities, enabling them to increase their status and legitimise their existence. This book examines the process in a group of communities from the southern part of Flanders (the monks of Saint-Bertin at Saint-Omer, the community of Saint-Rictrude at Marchiennes and the canons of Saint-Amé at Douai) over a period running from the ninth to the end of the eleventh century. The central contention is that the communities produced their narratives (history, hagiography, charter materials) for a specific time and purpose, frequently as a response to or intended resolution of internal or external crises. The book also discusses how the circumstances which triggered narrative production had an impact not only on the content but also on the form of the texts
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Sep 2017)
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1. Saint-Bertin from the foundation to the eleventh century -- 2. Cultural life at Saint-Bertin -- 3. Narrative production at Saint-Bertin -- 4. St Rictrude, her family and the Abbey of Marchiennes (c. 640-1130) -- 5. St Maurontus and St Amatus at Douai.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781903153161
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781903153161
Language:
English
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