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Autore |
Yarrow Simon |
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Titolo |
Saints and their communities : miracle stories in twelfth century England / / Simon Yarrow |
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Oxford, : Clarendon Press |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-75795-7 |
1-4294-3080-X |
0-19-151579-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (260 p.) |
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Collana |
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Oxford historical monographs |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Monastic and religious life - England - History |
Christian saints - England |
Miracles |
England Church history 1066-1485 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Originally presented as the author's thesis--Oxford University, 1999. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-238) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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