Early Medieval Hagiography /
Palmer, James T.
Early Medieval Hagiography / James T. Palmer. - 1 online resource (134 p.) - Past Imperfect .
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Making Saints (Up) -- Chapter 2. Collecting Saints' Stories -- Chapter 3. Historians and the Quest for Truth -- Chapter 4. Hagiographies and Early Medieval History -- Further Reading
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Saints were powerful role models in the early Middle Ages, capable of defining communities. But what roles did saintly biographies play in shaping the medieval West? Can we understand society and its many post-Roman transformations through them? This short book takes readers from the creation of medieval hagiography, through the ways in which it circulated, to a wide-ranging assessment of different modern methodologies used to interrogate hagiographies, from early twentieth-century source criticism, to the insights gained from gender studies, postmodernism and digital humanities.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781641890885 9781641890892
10.1515/9781641890892 doi
Hagiography.
Medieval.
Saints.
Mittelalter
Hagiografie
HISTORY / Medieval.
Early Medieval Hagiography / James T. Palmer. - 1 online resource (134 p.) - Past Imperfect .
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Making Saints (Up) -- Chapter 2. Collecting Saints' Stories -- Chapter 3. Historians and the Quest for Truth -- Chapter 4. Hagiographies and Early Medieval History -- Further Reading
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Saints were powerful role models in the early Middle Ages, capable of defining communities. But what roles did saintly biographies play in shaping the medieval West? Can we understand society and its many post-Roman transformations through them? This short book takes readers from the creation of medieval hagiography, through the ways in which it circulated, to a wide-ranging assessment of different modern methodologies used to interrogate hagiographies, from early twentieth-century source criticism, to the insights gained from gender studies, postmodernism and digital humanities.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781641890885 9781641890892
10.1515/9781641890892 doi
Hagiography.
Medieval.
Saints.
Mittelalter
Hagiografie
HISTORY / Medieval.