Saints' Lives of Jocelin of Furness (eBook)

Hagiography, Patronage and Ecclesiastical Politics

Helen Birkett (Autor)

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2010
342 Seiten
Boydell & Brewer Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84615-896-4 (ISBN)

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First comprehensive study of four important medieval saints' lives, setting them in their political and ecclesiastical context.Jocelin of Furness (fl.1175x1214), the Cistercian hagiographer, composed four substantial and significant saints' lives; varying widely in both subject and patron, they offer a rich corpus of medieval hagiographical writing. Jocelin's Vita S. Patricii and Vita S. Kentegerni provide updated versions of each saint's legend and are carefully adapted to reflect the interests of their respective patrons in Ireland and Scotland. The Vita S. Helenae was probably commissioned by a female community in England; it represents an idealized narrative mirror of its early thirteenth-century context. In contrast, the Vita S. Waldevi was written to promote the formal canonization of a new saint, Waltheof (d.1159), abbot of the Cistercian house of Melrose in the Scottish borders. This is the first full-length study of the Lives. It combines detailed analyses of the composition of the texts with study of their patronage, audiences, and contemporary contexts; and it provides new insights into Jocelin's works and the writing of hagiography in the period. Dr HELEN BIRKETT is Lecturer in Medieval History, University of Exeter.

Inhalt

Introduction
Expanding the Narrative: The Composition of the Vita S. Patricii
Compiling Female Sanctity: The Sources for the Vita S. Helenae
Restoring the Text: Jocelin's Approach to the Vita S. Kentegerni
From the Testimony of Trustworthy Men: The Interaction of Oral and Written Sources in the Vita S. Waldevi
Irish Ecclesiastical Politics and Anglo-Norman Sponsorship: The Patronage of the Vita S. Patricii
Scottish Independence and Ecclesiastical Reform: The Vita S. Kentegerni in Context
Promoting Sanctity: The Vita S. Waldevi, Canonization and Cistercian Saintly Cults
Locating the Text: The Patrons, Sources and Historical Context of the Vita S. Helenae
Exemplary Narratives: Contemporary Reforming Discourses in Jocelin's Vitae
Conclusion
Bibliography

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.9.2010
• Zusatzinfo: 1 line illus.
• Verlagsort: Woodbridge
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Mittelalter
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: Audiences • contemporary contexts • Dr HELEN BIRKETT • hagiographer • Jocelin of Furness • Medieval History • Patronage • saints' lives • University of Exeter
• ISBN-10: 1-84615-896-6 / 1846158966
• ISBN-13: 978-1-84615-896-4 / 9781846158964