Medieval Saints
A Reader
Published on 1. November 1998
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662 pages
978-1-4426-0101-7 (ISBN)
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This text includes a number of writings by or about women saints, as well as a large percentage of material which, prior to this book, was not available in English.
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English
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Toronto
Canada
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College/higher education
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Thickness: 33 mm
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Mary-Ann Stouck is a retired Associate Professor of Humanities at Simon Fraser University. She is the editor of Medieval Saints: A Reader (University of Toronto Press, 1999) and the author of a variety of essays and studies on saints' lives and Middle English literature.
Content
List of Illustrations
Chronological Guide
Introduction
Suggestions for Further Reading
Chapter One: Martyrs of the Early Church
1. The Martyrdom of St. Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna
2. The Martyrs of Lyons and Vienne
3. The Passion of SS. Perpetua and Felicitas
4. Tertullian's Address to the Martyrs
5. Augustine Preaches on the Feast of SS. Perpetua and Felicitas
6. The Trials and Execution of Cyprian
7. The Age of Martyrs in Legend: The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus
Chapter Two: The Desert Fathers and Mothers
8. Christianity in the Desert: St. Antony the Great
9. Antony's Disciples: Paul the Simple
10. The First Hermit: St. Paul of Thebes
11. A Harlot in the Desert: Mary of Egypt
12. A Famous Pillar Saint: Symeon Stylites
13. A Transvestite Saint: Mary/Marina
Chapter Three: Bishops, Monks, and Nuns
14. St. Martin of Tours
15. The Life and Miracles of St. Benedict
16. Venantius Fortunatus's Life of St. Radegund
17. Radegund Writes to the Bishops
18. An Irish Missionary: St. Gall, by Walahfrid Strabo
19. A Mirror for Monks: The Life of St. Maiol, Abbot of Cluny
Chapter Four: Royal Saints
20. AElfric's Life of St. Edmund, King and Martyr
21. St. Margaret, Queen of Scotland
Chapter Five: Pilgrimage
22. St. Augustine on the Rites at the Martyrs' Tombs
23. Pilgrimage and Miracles in North Africa
24. Saeewulf Makes a Pilgrimage to the Holy Land
25. The Pilgrim's Guide to St. James of Compostella
26. Pilgrimage as Metaphor: The Canterbury Tales
27. Jerusalem Pilgrimage in 1480: The Tribulations of Brother Felix
Chapter Six: Relics
28. Gregory of Tours: The Power of Relics
29. The Humiliation of St. Mitrias
30. The Affair of St. Sergius's Fingerbone
31. Criticism of the Cult of Relics: Claudius of Turin
32. Theft of Relics: The Translation of SS. Marcellinus and Peter
33. False Relics and Imposters
34. Fundraising with Relics: The Monks of Laon
35. Fire at the Shrine of St. Edmund
Chapter Seven: New Directions
36. The New Hermits: Godric of Finchale
37. Women's Spirituality I: Christina the Astonishing
38. Women's Spirituality II: Umilta of Faenza
39. The Conversion of St. Francis of Assisi and the Founding of his Order
40. Humanistic Hagiography: The Writings of St. Francis's Companions
41. The Official Life of St. Francis: The Stigmata
42. The Canticle of Brother Sun
43. The Canonization of St. Francis
Chapter Eight: Hagiographic Romances
44. St. Ursula and the Eleven Thousand Virgins
45. Four 'Lives' from The Golden Legend
46. 'Lives' of St. Christopher: The Irish Libar Breac
47. 'Lives' of St. Christopher: The South English Legendary
48. An Old French Life of St. Margaret of Antioch
Chapter Nine: Epilogue
49. A Reformer's View of the Cult of the Saints
50. A Heretic's Confession
51. Erasmus: A Pilgrimage for Religions Sake
Index of Topics
Acknowledgements of Sources in Copyright
Chronological Guide
Introduction
Suggestions for Further Reading
Chapter One: Martyrs of the Early Church
1. The Martyrdom of St. Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna
2. The Martyrs of Lyons and Vienne
3. The Passion of SS. Perpetua and Felicitas
4. Tertullian's Address to the Martyrs
5. Augustine Preaches on the Feast of SS. Perpetua and Felicitas
6. The Trials and Execution of Cyprian
7. The Age of Martyrs in Legend: The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus
Chapter Two: The Desert Fathers and Mothers
8. Christianity in the Desert: St. Antony the Great
9. Antony's Disciples: Paul the Simple
10. The First Hermit: St. Paul of Thebes
11. A Harlot in the Desert: Mary of Egypt
12. A Famous Pillar Saint: Symeon Stylites
13. A Transvestite Saint: Mary/Marina
Chapter Three: Bishops, Monks, and Nuns
14. St. Martin of Tours
15. The Life and Miracles of St. Benedict
16. Venantius Fortunatus's Life of St. Radegund
17. Radegund Writes to the Bishops
18. An Irish Missionary: St. Gall, by Walahfrid Strabo
19. A Mirror for Monks: The Life of St. Maiol, Abbot of Cluny
Chapter Four: Royal Saints
20. AElfric's Life of St. Edmund, King and Martyr
21. St. Margaret, Queen of Scotland
Chapter Five: Pilgrimage
22. St. Augustine on the Rites at the Martyrs' Tombs
23. Pilgrimage and Miracles in North Africa
24. Saeewulf Makes a Pilgrimage to the Holy Land
25. The Pilgrim's Guide to St. James of Compostella
26. Pilgrimage as Metaphor: The Canterbury Tales
27. Jerusalem Pilgrimage in 1480: The Tribulations of Brother Felix
Chapter Six: Relics
28. Gregory of Tours: The Power of Relics
29. The Humiliation of St. Mitrias
30. The Affair of St. Sergius's Fingerbone
31. Criticism of the Cult of Relics: Claudius of Turin
32. Theft of Relics: The Translation of SS. Marcellinus and Peter
33. False Relics and Imposters
34. Fundraising with Relics: The Monks of Laon
35. Fire at the Shrine of St. Edmund
Chapter Seven: New Directions
36. The New Hermits: Godric of Finchale
37. Women's Spirituality I: Christina the Astonishing
38. Women's Spirituality II: Umilta of Faenza
39. The Conversion of St. Francis of Assisi and the Founding of his Order
40. Humanistic Hagiography: The Writings of St. Francis's Companions
41. The Official Life of St. Francis: The Stigmata
42. The Canticle of Brother Sun
43. The Canonization of St. Francis
Chapter Eight: Hagiographic Romances
44. St. Ursula and the Eleven Thousand Virgins
45. Four 'Lives' from The Golden Legend
46. 'Lives' of St. Christopher: The Irish Libar Breac
47. 'Lives' of St. Christopher: The South English Legendary
48. An Old French Life of St. Margaret of Antioch
Chapter Nine: Epilogue
49. A Reformer's View of the Cult of the Saints
50. A Heretic's Confession
51. Erasmus: A Pilgrimage for Religions Sake
Index of Topics
Acknowledgements of Sources in Copyright