Saints’ Lives in Middle English Collections

Edited by E. Gordon Whatley Edited by Anne B. Thompson Edited by Robert K. Upchurch

Book cover: Saints’ Lives in Middle English Collections

Extent: 388 pages

Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications

Subjects: Literary Studies, Medieval Studies

Series: TEAMS Middle English Texts Series

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(April 2005)

ISBN: 9781580440899

7.01 x 10 inches

Price: $39.95

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(April 2005)

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This volume is conceived as a complement to another Middle English Texts series text, Sherry Reames’ Middle English Legends of Women Saints. This selection is intended to be broadly representative of saints’ lives in Middle English and of the classic types of hagiographic legend as these were presented to the lay public and less-literate clergy of late medieval England.

Acknowledgments General Introduction Abbreviations I. St. Andrew (a) The Martyrdom of St. Andrew in the South English Legendary Introduction The Martyrdom of St. Andrew Explanatory Notes Textual Notes (b) St. Andrew and the Three Questions in the Scottish Legendary Introduction St. Andrew and the Three Questions Explanatory Notes Textual Notes II. St. George (a) The Martyrdom of St. George in the South English Legendary Introduction The Martyrdom of St. George Notes (b) St. George and the Dragon in the South English Legendary (East Midland Revision) Introduction St. George and the Dragon Explanatory Notes Textual Notes III. St. Jerome Introduction (a) The Life of St. Jerome, by Simon Winter Explanatory Notes Textual Notes (b) St. Jerome and the Lion Notes IV. St. Thais Introduction The Life of St. Thais in the Northern Homily Cycle Notes V. St. Benedict and St. Scholastica (a) The Life of St. Benedict in the South English Legendary Introduction The Life of St. Benedict Explanatory Notes Textual Notes (b) The Life of St. Scholastica in the South English Legendary Introduction The Life of St. Scholastica Notes VI. St. Austin Introduction Saint Austin at Compton, by John Lydgate Explanatory Notes Textual Notes VII. St. Francis Introduction The Life of St. Francis in the South English Legendary Explanatory Notes Textual Notes VIII. St. Julian Introduction The Life of St. Julian Hospitaller in the Scottish Legendary Explanatory Notes Textual Notes Bibliography Glossary, Acknowledgments
General Introduction
Abbreviations

I. St. Andrew
(a) The Martyrdom of St. Andrew in the South English Legendary
Introduction
The Martyrdom of St. Andrew
Explanatory Notes
Textual Notes
(b) St. Andrew and the Three Questions in the Scottish Legendary
Introduction
St. Andrew and the Three Questions
Explanatory Notes
Textual Notes

II. St. George
(a) The Martyrdom of St. George in the South English Legendary
Introduction
The Martyrdom of St. George
Notes
(b) St. George and the Dragon in the South English Legendary (East Midland Revision)
Introduction
St. George and the Dragon
Explanatory Notes
Textual Notes

III. St. Jerome
Introduction
(a) The Life of St. Jerome, by Simon Winter
Explanatory Notes
Textual Notes
(b) St. Jerome and the Lion
Notes

IV. St. Thaïs
Introduction
The Life of St. Thaïs in the Northern Homily Cycle
Notes

V. St. Benedict and St. Scholastica
(a) The Life of St. Benedict in the South English Legendary
Introduction
The Life of St. Benedict
Explanatory Notes
Textual Notes
(b) The Life of St. Scholastica in the South English Legendary
Introduction
The Life of St. Scholastica
Notes

VI. St. Austin
Introduction
Saint Austin at Compton, by John Lydgate
Explanatory Notes
Textual Notes

VII. St. Francis
Introduction
The Life of St. Francis in the South English Legendary
Explanatory Notes
Textual Notes

VIII. St. Julian
Introduction
The Life of St. Julian Hospitaller in the Scottish Legendary
Explanatory Notes
Textual Notes

Bibliography
Glossary

  • Edited by E. Gordon Whatley
  • Edited by Anne B. Thompson
  • Edited by Robert K. Upchurch