... of Serug John Chrysostom bishop of Constantinople Kazhdan A Severus bishop of Antioch Smith J W Williams R Castelli E Frank G Kalogeras N Aigrain R Grégoire R Talbot A ‐M Head T Musurillo H Noble T F X Waddell H White C martyr passions saints' lives martyrdom early Christian period...

...This chapter argues that, through his intimate familiarity with late antique and medieval Spanish chronicles, saints’ lives, liturgical texts, and antiquities, Higuera was able to mold the false chronicles in close imitation of ancient and early medieval models to create the illusion...

...The fifteenth century saw a marked increase in the number of saints’ lives, both of those written in older literary forms as well as of those written in newer styles. Many fifteenth-century legends, by anonymous writers, continued the narrative forms of an earlier period. At the same time, monastic...

...Karen A. Winstead, Saints’ Lives and Sacred Biography. In: The Oxford History of Poetry in English. Edited by Helen Cooper and Robert R. Edwards, Oxford University Press. © Karen A. Winstead (2023). DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198827429.003.0015 This chapter surveys...

... France, principally ecclesiastical councils plus some saints’ lives and miracles. Historiographical critiques of earlier interpretations of the Peace movement are rehearsed, noting that it is wrong to see the Church as straightforwardly opposing (lay, knightly) violence; rather, the peace councils...

... never held by Graeco-Roman—or even most Jewish—biographies in their own reception histories. The chapter traces this influence by means of comparison with various genres that arose subsequent to the canonical gospels and with direct reference to them: apocryphal literature, saints’ Lives, and miracle...

... France in the seventh and eighth centuries; central Anatolia around 600; two large Egyptian villages, Aphroditõ in the sixth century and Jēme in the seventh and eighth; and a village in England in the seventh century. There are three main sources for discussion. The first one is some saints' lives, which...

... and adapted by religious and secular writers in saints' lives, exemplary tales, romances, and chronicles. Recurring motifs include exposure of babies as foundlings, recognition scenes, violence (parricide, matricide, filicide, rape), confession, and penance. Women can initiate incestuous relationships...

...’ ‘vie’ This introductory chapter begins with a brief discussion of the literary culture of women in medieval England. It describes the focuses of the book, which is on saints' lives and their importance for women. A primary concern is the pervasiveness of virginity as a cultural ideal and form...

... with The Wars of the Roses and moving on to the Hundred Years War. The book examines the first collection of all female saints' lives in any language: Legends of Holy Women composed by Bokenham between 1443 and 1447. The book is organized around the image of the body—a medieval procedure...

...This chapter on mother-son incest (the most serious kind for the Middle Ages) considers two main types of plot. When the incest is consummated, the issue is whether the protagonist(s) will confess, do penance, and be saved. Saints' lives sometimes include a story of incestuous birth, and also...

...This chapter explores literary debates about the contractual nature of sovereign relations in a set of literary texts about wolves: saints’ lives in which wolves submit miraculously to human mastery; Marie de France’s fables, in which wolves contemplate the advantages of domestication; and Marie's...

.... The analysis of his commonplace books indicates that certain aspects of Catholicism caused him problems, particularly the details of saints' lives. This chapter also describes how Blundell read and rewrote Catholic and Protestant history to add credibility to the former. Bible Mary Virgin Arnold Antoine...

... compendium of saints’ lives undertaken in the Low Countries by the Bollandists, the still incomplete Acta sanctorum. Backus Irena Councils of the Church ‘historia sacra’ literary genre discussed Polman Pontien Baronio Cesare Becilli Cesare Breviarium romanum Roman Breviary Flacius Illyricus Matthias...

... sancti papae Martini divine authorship of Constans II emperor Heraclius emperor Ovid Hebrew Jewish Bible Hypomnesticon Life of Maximus temple John the Baptist holiness saints’ lives Egyptian monasticism Hebrew Scriptures Apostle Paul Moses Elijah Antony of Egypt Augustine of Hippo...

...This chapter surveys the normative stance of Christian authorities against the use of incantations and amulets, conveyed in treatises, sermons, saints’ lives, and ecclesiastical canons. In condemning or critiquing the use of incantations and amulets, Christian writers and bishops sought...

... the canonical genres of Saints' lives, sermons, romance, lyric poetry, and heroic poetry; major themes including monstrosity and marginality, patronage and literary politics, manuscript studies and vernacularity are investigated; and there are close readings of key texts, such as Beowulf, Wulf Eadwacer...

... John Theristis saint Philagathos of Cerami monk and preacher Stilo William I king of Sicily Cyprian of Calamizzi saint and abbot Reggio Calabria St Nicholas of Calamizzi monastery Frederick II emperor and king of Sicily Melfi Norman Italy saints’ lives identity formation Luke bishop...

... expressed their concepts of England as a nation, and how they exploited the association between nation, people, and language. At the centre of this work is a study of the construction of national identity that takes place in the histories written in English. The contributions of romances and saints' lives...