Anonymous Old English Lives of Saints by

Anonymous Old English Lives of Saints

Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library

with Robin Norris (Translator), Hugh Magennis (Translator), Johanna Kramer (Translator)

816 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history religion
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From the first centuries of Christianity, believers turned to the perfection modeled by saints for inspiration, and a tradition of recounting saints' Lives flourished. The Latin narratives followed specific forms, dramatizing a virgin's heroic res...

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