In Search of Sacred Time Jacobus de Voragine and the Golden Legend |
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| Author:
| Le Goff, Jacques |
| Translator:
| Cochrane, Lydia G. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-691-15645-3 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2014 |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $34.00 |
Book Description:
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It is impossible to understand the late Middle Ages without grasping the importance of The Golden Legend, the most popular medieval collection of saints' lives. Assembled for clerical use in the thirteenth century by Genoese archbishop Jacobus de Voragine, the book became the medieval equivalent of a best seller. This title deals with this book.
It is impossible to understand the late Middle Ages without grasping the importance of The Golden Legend, the most popular medieval collection of saints' lives. Assembled for clerical use in the thirteenth century by Genoese archbishop Jacobus de Voragine, the book became the medieval equivalent of a best seller. This title deals with this book.