Saints' Lives in Middle English Collections
Author | : E. Gordon Whatley |
Publisher | : Medieval Institute Publications |
Total Pages | : 396 |
Release | : 2004 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015061179068 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (68 Downloads) |
Download or read book Saints' Lives in Middle English Collections written by E. Gordon Whatley and published by Medieval Institute Publications. This book was released on 2004 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is conceived as a complement to another Middle English Texts series text, Sherry Reames' Middle English Legends of Women Saints. This selection is intended to be broadly representative of saints' lives in Middle English and of the classic types of hagiographic legend as these were presented to the lay public and less-literate clergy of late medieval England.