03060nam 22006614a 450 991046560300332120200520144314.01-280-75795-71-4294-3080-X0-19-151579-5(CKB)2560000000295086(EBL)422797(OCoLC)781255743(SSID)ssj0000240671(PQKBManifestationID)11220934(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000240671(PQKBWorkID)10267178(PQKB)11141005(StDuBDS)EDZ0000072564(MiAaPQ)EBC422797(Au-PeEL)EBL422797(CaPaEBR)ebr10177976(CaONFJC)MIL75795(EXLCZ)99256000000029508620050726d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSaints and their communities[electronic resource] miracle stories in twelfth century England /Simon YarrowOxford Clarendon Press ;New York Oxford University Press20061 online resource (260 p.)Oxford historical monographsOriginally presented as the author's thesis--Oxford University, 1999.0-19-928363-X 0-19-171268-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-238) and index.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; YThis 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 interpretaOxford historical monographs.Monastic and religious lifeEnglandHistoryChristian saintsEnglandBiographyMiraclesEnglandChurch history1066-1485Electronic books.Monastic and religious lifeHistory.Christian saintsMiracles.282/.42/09021Yarrow Simon967478MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465603003321Saints and their communities2196524UNINA