Saint Mary of Egypt

Three Medieval Lives in Verse

170 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The saintly austerities of Mary of Egypt so impressed early monks that they recorded her life to edify their brethren. Many versions circulated and the tale traveled from Palestine to Europe, from Greek to Latin to French to Spanish, from prose to poetry, from hagiography to literature, and from the monastery into the world outside. Here we see Mary through the eyes of three medieval poets: Flodoard, a canon of Reims ( 966), Hildebert of Lavardin, a bishop, (1134), and an Anonymous Spaniard.

• Reihe: Cistercian Studies Series
• Themen: Biographie, Literatur und Literaturwissenschaft Lyrik, Poesie Klassische Lyrik und Dichtung (vor dem 20. Jahrhundert)
• ISBN: 9780879072094
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.06.2006
• Größe: 216 x 140 mm
• Verlag: Cistercian Publications