Saints of the Christianization Age of Central Europe Tenth to Twelfth Centuries |
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| Editor:
| Klaniczay, Gábor |
| Translator:
| Miladinov, Marina
Gaspar, Cristian |
| Introduction by:
| Wood, Ian |
| ISBN: | 978-615-5225-20-8 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2012 |
| Publisher: | Central European University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $111.00USD $111.00USD $111.00 |
Book Description:
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This volume is the first of two containing hagiographical narratives from medieval Central Europe. The lives of the saints in this volume, 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 volume presents the first English translation of a legend of each of these saints with the...
More DescriptionThis volume is the first of two containing hagiographical narratives from medieval Central Europe. The lives of the saints in this volume, 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 volume presents the first English translation of a legend of each of these saints with the most recent critical edition of the Latin original and prefaces discussing the textual tradition. In an appendix the extensive hagiographical literature of the saints is being critically surveyed.