Epic Lives and Monasticism in the Middle Ages, 800-1050

By: Anna Lisa Taylor

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Synopsis: 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.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781107241602
Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Date of Addition:: 10/02/13
Copyrighted By:: Anna Lisa Taylor
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Poetry, Biographies and Memoirs, Literature and Fiction, Religion and Spirituality, Language Arts
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Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.