The Life of Christina of Markyate: A Twelfth Century Recluse

ISBN-13: 9780198212744 / Angielski / Twarda / 1987 / 214 str.

Pierre Ed Talbot; C. H. Talbot

Opis

The Life of Christina of Markyate, a twelfth-century English recluse and later abbess of Markyate, near St A1bans, is a remarkable example of late medieval hagiography. Originally written at the time of or soon after Christina's death in the twelfth century, the Life is unusual both in its relative lack of miracles, and in the unknown author's decision to write Christina's life factually rather than gathering together stock elements from previously written saint's lives, as was the custom. First published in 1959, this edition contains the original Latin text with a facing-page English translation. It is accompanied by a comprehensive introduction that discusses the codicological problems of the text, and provides other contextual and background material.

Recenzje

Through this reissue of the 1959 edition and translation, readers can enjoy a bit of first-rate detective work by C.H. Talbot, who published the life from a single badly damaged manuscript. They will also gain substantial insight into social and religious customs within the twelfth-century Anglo-Saxon community.