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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 September 2013
      02 September 2013
      ISBN:
      9781139343787
      9781107030503
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139343787
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.62kg, 342 Pages
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      • Subjects:
      Literature, Area Studies, European Literature, History, European Studies, European History 450-1000
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    Literature, Area Studies, European Literature, History, European Studies, European History 450-1000
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    This is the first book to focus on Latin epic verse saints' lives in their medieval historical contexts. Anna Taylor examines how these works promoted bonds of friendship and expressed rivalries among writers, monasteries, saints, earthly patrons, teachers and students in Western Europe in the central Middle Ages. Using philological, codicological and microhistorical approaches, Professor Taylor reveals new insights that will reshape our understanding of monasticism, patronage and education. These texts give historians an unprecedented glimpse inside the early medieval classroom, provide a nuanced view of the complicated synthesis of the Christian and Classical heritages, and show the cultural importance and varied functions of poetic composition in the ninth, tenth and eleventh centuries.

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    '… this is an excellent book that brings to the fore one of the most obscure corners of early medieval literature. Taylor’s superb analysis demonstrates just how multifaceted verse Lives really were, and anybody interested in hagiography, education, poetry or classicism ought to read this and look much more closely at these hitherto neglected works.'

    Edward Roberts Source: Early Medieval Review

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