St. Martin and his hagiographer : history and miracle in Sulpicius Severus
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St. Martin and his hagiographer : history and miracle in Sulpicius Severus
(Oxford historical monographs)
Clarendon Press , Oxford University Press, 1983
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Saint Martin and his hagiographer
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Bibliography: p. [372]-386
Includes index
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The Life of St Martin by Sulpicius Severus was one of the formative works of Latin hagiography. Yet although written by a contemporary who knew Martin, it attracted immediate criticism. Why? This study seeks an explanation by placing Sulpicius works both in their intellectual context, and in the context of a church that was then undergoing radical transformation. It is thus both a study of Sulpicius, Martin, and their world, and at the same time an essay in
the interpretation of hagiography.
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