Medieval Irish Saints' Lives: An Introduction to Vitae Sanctorum Hiberniae

Medieval Irish Saints' Lives: An Introduction to Vitae Sanctorum Hiberniae image
ISBN-10:

0198215827

ISBN-13:

9780198215820

Author(s): SHARPE, Richard
Edition: 1
Released: May 30, 1991
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Format: Hardcover, 438 pages
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Description:

This book 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. Sharpe's pioneering analysis examines such questions as when and where the lives were compiled, and from what sources they derive. Sharpe sets his own treatment of the collections within the wider context of Irish hagiographical studies.












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