04281nam 2200697 450 991079818730332120220222154729.01-5017-0360-91-5017-0361-710.7591/9781501703614(CKB)3710000000587545(EBL)4517890(SSID)ssj0001615132(PQKBManifestationID)16339606(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001615132(PQKBWorkID)14791284(PQKB)10449006(StDuBDS)EDZ0001517342(MiAaPQ)EBC4517890(OCoLC)937724839(MdBmJHUP)muse51395(DE-B1597)478509(OCoLC)979911496(DE-B1597)9781501703614(Au-PeEL)EBL4517890(CaPaEBR)ebr11248553(CaONFJC)MIL951817(OCoLC)957435761(PPN)198107307(EXLCZ)99371000000058754520160903h20162016 uy 0engur|nu---|u||utxtccrThe talents of Jacopo da Varagine a Genoese mind in Medieval Europe /Steven A. EpsteinIthaca, New York ;London, [England] :Cornell University Press,2016.©20161 online resource (313 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-5017-0050-2 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Front matter --Contents --Abbreviations --Prologue --1. The Preacher --2. Holy Days --3. Saintly People --4. Genoa's Past --5. Genoa's Own Historian --Epilogue --Select Bibliography --Acknowledgments --General Index --Index of ScriptureJacopo da Varagine (c. 1228-1298) is remembered today primarily for his immensely popular work The Golden Legend, a massive collection of stories about the saints. Compiled over the years 1260-67, The Golden Legend quickly eclipsed earlier collections of saints' lives. One indication of its popularity is the fact that so many manuscript copies of the work have survived-more than one thousand according to some estimates. Despite the enduring influence of The Golden Legend, Jacopo remains an elusive figure because he left behind so little information about himself. In The Talents of Jacopo da Varagine, Steven A. Epstein sets out to remedy this situation through a careful study of all Jacopo's works, including many hundreds of sermons and his innovative chronicle of Genoese history. In Epstein's sure hands, Jacopo emerges as one of the most active and talented minds of his day. Indeed, Epstein argues that one needs to read all of Jacopo's books, in a Genoese context, in order to understand the original scope of his thinking, which greatly influenced the ways generations of people across Europe experienced their Christianity. The rich sources for Jacopo's sermons, saints' lives, and history illuminate the traditions that inspired him and shaped his imaginative and artistic powers. Jacopo was also one of the inventors of social history, and his writings reveal complex and new perspectives on family life as well as the histories of gay people, slaves, Jews, and the medieval economy. Filled with impressive insights into the intellectual life of the thirteenth century, The Talents of Jacopo da Varagine will be of interest to a wide range of medieval scholars and students of religious history, church history, and hagiography as well as intellectual history and Italian history.SaintsLegendslatNLIPreferredLanguageHeadingChristian saintsLegendslatNLIPreferredLanguageHeadingSermonsHistory and criticismlatNLIPreferredLanguageHeadingGenoa (Italy)Church historyTo 1339latNLIPreferredLanguageHeadingSaintsChristian saintsSermonsHistory and criticism282.092Epstein Steven1952-250913MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910798187303321The talents of Jacopo da Varagine3784904UNINA