Judy Ann Ford

English Readers of Catholic Saints (eBook, PDF)

The Printing History of William Caxton's Golden Legend

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

In 1484 William Caxton issued The Golden Legend, a translation of the most well-known collection of saints' lives in Europe. This study analyzes the moulding of the Legenda aurea into a book that powerfully attracted the English market.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000062274
• Artikelnr.: 59486971

Autorenporträt

Judy Ann Ford is Professor of History at Texas A&M University-Commerce, US. Her research interests include Medieval Europe, European Reformations, Popular Religion, and J. R. R. Tolkien.

Inhaltsangabe

1. William Caxton and Devotional Literature
2. Caxton's Golden Legend: The First Edition
3. Caxton's Sources: The Legenda aurea, La Légende dorée, and the Gilte Legende
4. The Bible as Hagiography in Caxton's Golden Legend
5. England and the British Isles in Caxton's Golden Legend
6. The Late Fifteenth-Century Editions
7. Sixteenth-Century Editions
8. The Afterlife of The Golden Legend