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The Saints Lives of Jocelin of Furness

Hagiography, Patronage and Ecclesiastical Politics

  • Hardback
  • 342 pages
  • Publisher: York Medieval Press
  • 15.6 x 23.4 x 2.1 cm

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The Cistercian hagiographer, Jocelin of Furness (fl.1175x1214), composed four important and influential saints' lives; varying widely in both subject and patron, they offer a rich corpus of medieval hagiographical writing. His Vita S. Patricii and Vita S. Kentegerni provide updated versions of each saint's legend and are carefully adapted to reflect the interests of their respective ecclesiastical patrons in Ireland and Scotland. The Vita S. Helenae was probably commissioned by a female community in England; it represents an idealised narrative mirror of its early thirteenth-century context. In contrast, the Vita S. Waldevi was written to promote the formal canonisation of a new saint, Waltheof (d.1159), abbot of the Cistercian house of Melrose. This first full-length study of the Lives combines detailed analyses of the composition of the texts with study of their patronage, audiences, and contemporary contexts; it provides new insights into Jocelin's works and the writing of hagiography at the period. Helen Birkett is a Mellon Fellow at the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto.
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  • Author

    Helen Birkett

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    York Medieval Press

  • Published

    September 2010

  • Weight

    654g

  • Page Count

    342

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.4 x 2.1 cm

  • ISBN

    9781903153338

  • ISBN-10

    1903153336

  • Eden Code

    3497088

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