Early Medieval Hagiography : Past Imperfect - James T. Palmer

Early Medieval Hagiography

By: James T. Palmer

Paperback | 10 January 2018

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Saints were powerful role models in the early Middle Ages, capable of defining communities. But what roles did saintly biographies play in shaping the medieval West? Can we understand society and its many post-Roman transformations through them? This short book takes readers from the creation of medieval hagiography, through the ways in which it circulated, to a wide-ranging assessment of different modern methodologies used to interrogate hagiographies, from early twentieth-century source criticism, to the insights gained from gender studies, postmodernism and digital humanities.
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"[A]n excellent introduction to the topic of hagiography in the early Middle Ages and, along the way, to central issues of medieval textuality and historiography more generally. The author covers an impressive chronological and geographical range efficiently while lucidly evoking the diversity (sometimes highly nuanced) of texts and contexts."--Prof. Amy V. Ogden

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