Christina M Heckman

Work and Its Representations in Early Medieval Saints' Lives

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Produktbeschreibung

Explores the dynamics of saints' work as represented by their hagiographers.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781843847502
• ISBN-10: 1843847507
• Artikelnr.: 72811266

Autorenporträt

CHRISTINA M. HECKMAN is Professor of English at Augusta University, Georgia.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction
Part I - Labor, Work, and Materiality in the Early Middle Ages 1. The
Artes mechanicae in the Early Middle Ages 2. Monastic Life and its Material
Entanglements 3. Materia and the Dynamics of Early Medieval Making Part II
- The Craft of Early Medieval Saints 4. Household Work and Caretaking in
the Lives of the Saints 5. Saintly Work in Horticulture and Arable
Agriculture 6. Pastoral Agriculture in the Lives of the Saints 7. Saintly
Scribal Work and Its Entanglements 8. The Textile Arts in Saintly Vitae 9.
Saintly Smiths in the Early Middle Ages 10. The Opus of Saintly Builders
Conclusion Bibliography of Saints' Lives General Bibliography Index