Record Nr.

UNINA9910465603003321

Autore

Yarrow Simon

Titolo

Saints and their communities [[electronic resource] ] : miracle stories in twelfth century England / / Simon Yarrow

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Oxford, : Clarendon Press
New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

1-280-75795-7

1-4294-3080-X

0-19-151579-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (260 p.)

Collana

Oxford historical monographs

Disciplina

282/.42/09021

Soggetti

Monastic and religious life - England - History

Christian saints - England

Miracles

Electronic books.

England Church history 1066-1485

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally presented as the author's thesis--Oxford University, 1999.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-238) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Maps; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. The Cult of St Edmund of Bury; 3. The Canons of Laon and their Tour of England; 4. The Miracles of St Ithamar of Rochester; 5. Little St William of Norwich; 6. The Miracles of St Frideswide of Oxford; 7. The Hand of St James at Reading; 8. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

This is a study of the common social characteristics and circumstances of those among the lay society of twelfth-century England who tended to seek assistance in the form of miracles at the shrines of saints. It aims to make sense of their religious experience and motivation, re-evaluating the religious clich--eacute--;s of devotion found in conventional medieval narratives. - ;Saints and their Communities offers a new approach to the study of lay religion as evidenced in collections of miracle narratives in twelfth-century England. There are a number of problems associated with the interpreta