| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 327 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Saints, teachers, princes and students -- Forging sanctity: Hilduin of Saint-Denis and the epic Passio Dionysii -- Glossing the imaginary: epic Vitae in the classroom -- Classical nightmares: Christian poets and the pagan past -- Bishops, monks and mother bees: an epic Vita at the millennium -- Mothers and daughters, affiliation and conflict in the lives of Rictrude and Eusebia -- "Black seeds on a white field" -- St. Gallen, stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 265 -- Douai bibliotheque municipale MS 849. |
| Summary |
This is the first book to focus on Latin epic verse saints' lives in their medieval historical contexts. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Christian poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern) -- History and criticism.
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Christian poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern) |
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Epic poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern) -- History and criticism.
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Epic poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern) |
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Monasticism and religious orders -- Biography.
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Monasticism and religious orders. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Authors and patrons -- Europe -- History.
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Authors and patrons. |
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Europe. |
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History. |
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Poetics -- History -- To 1500.
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Poetics. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1500 |
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Monks' writings -- History and criticism.
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Monks' writings. |
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Christian saints -- Biography -- Early works to 1800.
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Christian saints -- Biography. |
| Chronological Term |
Early works to 1800 |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Early works.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Taylor, Anna Lisa. Epic lives and monasticism in the Middle Ages, 800-1050 9781107030503 (DLC) 2013004472 (OCoLC)841037527 |
| ISBN |
9781107250291 (electronic book) |
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1107250293 (electronic book) |
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1139343785 (electronic book) |
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9781139343787 (electronic book) |
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9781107247802 |
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1107247802 |
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9781107030503 |
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1107030501 |
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