Vitae sanctorum aetatis conversionis Europae Centralis (Saec. X-XI) Saints of the Christianization age of Central Europe (tenth-eleventh centuries)
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Vitae sanctorum aetatis conversionis Europae Centralis (Saec. X-XI) = Saints of the Christianization age of Central Europe (tenth-eleventh centuries)
（Central European medieval texts, v. 6）
Central European University Press, 2013
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-377) and indexes
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Description
The first of two books containing hagiographical narratives from medieval Central Europe. Saints' lives have gained recognition as a rich source of information on social and economic history, history of mentalities and everyday life, cultural history and, above all, as the genre of crucial importance and prevalence within medieval literature. The lives of the saints in this volume - Wenceslas, Adalbert, the Five Brethren (Poland), Zoerard and Benedict (Hermits), and Gaudentius - from the tenth to eleventh centuries, written not much later, are telling witnesses for the process of Christianization of Bohemia, Poland, Hungary and Dalmatia. Most of them became patrons of their region and highly venerated throughout the Middle Ages. The first complete English translation of a legend of each of these saints is presented, accompanied by prefaces discussing the textual tradition. The Latin originals are based on the most recent critical editions. The Latin on each even-numbered page faces the corresponding English text on the odd page. In an appendix the extensive hagiographical literature of the saints is critically surveyed.
Table of Contents
General Editors' Preface Abbreviations The hagiography of conversion - Ian Wood Passion of Saint Wenceslas by Gumpold of Mantua (Marina Miladinov) Life of Saint Adalbert Bishop of Prague and Martyr (Cristian Ga par) Life of the Five Brethren by Bruno of Querfurt (Marina Miladinov) Lives of the Holy Hermits, Zoerard the Confessor and Benedict the Martyr by Blessed Maurus, Bishop of Pecs (Marina Miladinov) Life of Blessed Gaudentius, Bishop of Osor (Marina Miladinov, with a preface by Zrinka Nikolia) Select Hagiography of the Saints of this Volume Select Bibliography Index of Names
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