St. Brandan in europäischer Perspektive – St. Brendan in European Perspective

Textuelle und bildliche Transformationen – Textual and Pictorial Transformations

Contributions by Simone Loleit Contributions by Rossana Guglielmetti Contributions by Katja Weidner Contributions by Dorothy Bray Contributions by Christoph Fasbender Contributions by Alessandro Scafi Contributions by Clara Strijbosch Edited by Jörn Bockmann Edited by Sebastian Holtzhauer

Book cover: St. Brandan in europäischer Perspektive – St. Brendan in European Perspective

Extent: 258 pages

Publisher: V&R unipress

Subjects: Literary Studies, Medieval Studies, Religious Studies

Series: Nova Mediaevalia

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(October 2022)

ISBN: 9783847114864

6.3 x 9.33 inches

Price: $74.00

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Die Beitrage der ersten Brandan-Tagung im deutschsprachigen Raum untersuchen interdisziplinar die vielfaltigen Transformationen des schillernden Seefahrerheiligen uber die Jahrhunderte hinweg.


The life and the adventures of Brendan – seafaring saint from Ireland – have been told, rewritten and re-narrated in Western Europe for centuries. The contributions in this volume, result of an international Brendan conference in Flensburg, explore the transformation of the figure in a multiperspective way. Renowned scholars examine multiple phenomena and contexts of the Brendan tradition: cross-connections to Celtic narratives; the location of the Brendan Islands in cartography; aspects of narrative motifs, mediality, and communication history such as the bridle-thief episode, the pictorial programmes of the manuscripts and prints, the saint’s dialogues with his monks, the foundations of the legend in the manuscript culture of the Middle Ages and monastic reading practices, as well as the complex of widespread pictorial testimonies.

  • Contributions by Simone Loleit
  • Contributions by Rossana Guglielmetti
  • Contributions by Katja Weidner
  • Contributions by Dorothy Bray
  • Contributions by Christoph Fasbender
  • Contributions by Alessandro Scafi
  • Contributions by Clara Strijbosch
  • Edited by Jörn Bockmann
  • Edited by Sebastian Holtzhauer