Goscelin of Saint-Bertin: The Hagiography of the Female Saints of Ely

ISBN-13: 9780198208150 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 360 str.

Rosalind C. Love

Opis

From the tenth century, the monastic community at Ely venerated a group of female saints: AEthelthryth, its founding patroness, who died in 679, supposedly a virgin despite two marriages; her sister Seaxburh; another supposed sister Wihtburh, whose remains had been stolen by the monks of Ely from her tomb in Norfolk; Seaxburgh's daughter Eormenhild; and Eormenhild's daughter Waerburh. This is the first edition and translation of the Lives of these saints.
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Recenzje

The Latin is splendidly translated by Love, whose English is a treat to read. She also provides informative notes, in which reference is made to earlier Anglo-Saxon and patristic sources; biblical quotations and allusions are likewise noted...informative and accessible.