Richard Sharpe

Medieval Irish Saints' Lives

An Introduction to Vitae Sanctorum Hiberniae

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Produktbeschreibung

This is a study of three important late medieval collections of saints' Lives. The manuscripts, written in Latin and, for the most part, relating to the lives of Irish saints, have never before been subject to critical examination. Richard Sharpe's pioneering analysis addresses such questions as when and where the Lives were compiled, and from what sources they derive. Dr Sharpe sets his own treatment of the collections within the wider context of Irish hagiographical studies. Formidable research underpins his lucid exposition and resolution of complex problems of historical and linguistic evidence.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 438
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Mai 1991
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 148mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 721g
• ISBN-13: 9780198215820
• ISBN-10: 0198215827
• Artikelnr.: 21803392

Inhaltsangabe

Note on references
Part I. Introduction: The writing of saints' lives in medieval Ireland
The background to Act Sanctorum Hiberniae
Modern scholars and their methods
Part II. The Textual Evidence: Manuscripts of the Dublin collection
A paradigm of the Dublin collection: Vita IV S. Brigitae
Applying the paradigm: St Patrick and St Maedoc
The collection in the Codex Salmanticensis
Manuscripts of the Oxford collection
A group of texts in SO
The O'Donohue group in SDO
The value of the textual evidence
Part III. The Collectors and Their Sources: The compilation of the Dublin collection
The milieux of the later collections
Coda
Bibliography
Index