Epic Lives and Monasticism in the Middle Ages, 800-1050 |
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| Author:
| Taylor, Anna Lisa |
| ISBN: | 978-1-107-03050-3 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2013 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $114.00 |
Book Description:
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This is the first book to focus on Latin epic verse saints' lives in their historical contexts. Anna Lisa Taylor examines how these works promoted bonds of friendship and expressed rivalries among writers, monasteries, saints, earthly patrons, teachers and students in Western Europe in the central Middle Ages.
This is the first book to focus on Latin epic verse saints' lives in their historical contexts. Anna Lisa Taylor examines how these works promoted bonds of friendship and expressed rivalries among writers, monasteries, saints, earthly patrons, teachers and students in Western Europe in the central Middle Ages.