02501nam 2200433 450 991081667230332120230105202142.090-04-41747-810.1163/9789004417472(CKB)4920000000126601(nllekb)BRILL9789004417472(MiAaPQ)EBC5992970(EXLCZ)99492000000012660120191230d2020 uy 0engurun| uuuuatxtrdacontentcrdamediardacarrierHagiography and the history of Latin Christendom, 500-1500 /edited by Samantha Kahn HerrickLeiden, The Netherlands ;Boston :Brill,[2020]©20201 online resourceReading medieval sources ;Volume 490-04-41726-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Hagiography and the History of Latin Christendom, 500-1500 shows the scholarly value of texts celebrating saints—both the most abundant medieval source material and among the most difficult to use. Hagiographical sources present many challenges: they are usually anonymous, often hard to date, full of topoi, and unstable. Moreover, they are generally not what we would consider as factually accurate. The volume’s twenty-one contributions draw on a range of disciplines and employ a variety of innovative methods to address these challenges and reach new discoveries about the medieval world that extend well beyond the study of sanctity. They show the rich potential of hagiography to enhance our knowledge of that world, and some of the ways to unlock it. Contributors are Ellen Arnold, Helen Birkett, Edina Bozoky, Emma Campbell, Adrian Cornell du Houx, David Defries, Albrecht Diem, Cynthia Hahn, Samantha Kahn Herrick, J.K. Kitchen, Jamie Kreiner, Klaus Krönert, Mathew Kuefler, Katherine J. Lewis, Giovanni Paolo Maggioni, Charles Mériaux, Paul Oldfield, Sara Ritchey, Catherine Saucier, Laura Ackerman Smoller, and Ineke van ‘t Spijker.Reading medieval sources ;Volume 4.Christian hagiographyHistoryTo 1500Christian hagiographyHistory235/.209Herrick Samantha KahnMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816672303321Hagiography and the history of Latin Christendom, 500-15003934904UNINA