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Possible lives

Possible lives

by Alison Knowles Frazier

Christian literature, history and criticismRenaissance, italyChristian hagiographyHistoryChristian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)
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"The lives of saints were among the most reproduced and widely distributed literatures of medieval and early modern Europe. During the century before the Reformation, these narratives of impossible goodness fell into the hands of classicizing intellectuals known as humanists. This study examines how the humanist authors received, criticized, and rewrote the traditional stories of exemplary virtue for patrons and audiences who were surprisingly open to their textual experiments." "Drawn from a newly constructed catalog of primary sources in manuscript and print, the cases in this book range from the lure of martyrdom as the West confronted Islam to the use of saints' lives in local politics and the rhetorician's classroom. Frazier discusses the writers' perceptions of historical sanctity, the commanding place of the mendicant friars, and one unique account of a contemporary holy woman."--Jacket.

Themes & subjects

Christian literature, history and criticismRenaissance, italyChristian hagiographyHistoryChristian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)History and criticism

Author

Alison Knowles Frazier

Pages

544

Read time

≈ 14h

Editions

3

Language

English

Publisher

Columbia University Press

ISBN

9780231503396

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