The Golden Legend - Couverture souple

Di Voragine, Jacobo

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140446486 ISBN 13 : 9780140446487

Editeur : Penguin Classics, 2006

Synopsis

One of the central texts of the Middle Ages, The Golden Legend deeply influenced the imagery of poetry, painting and stained glass with its fascinating descriptions of saints' lives and religious festivals. By creating a single-volume sourcebook of core Christian stories, Jacobus de Voragine (c. 1229-98) attracted a huge audience across Europe. This selection of over seventy biographies ranges from the first Apostles and Roman martyrs to near-contemporaries such as St Dominic, St Francis of Assissi and St Elizabeth of Hungary. Here, witnesses to the true faith endure horrific tortures; reformed prostitutes win divine forgiveness; while other women live disguised as monks or nobly resist lustful tyrants. Lucid and compelling, The Golden Legend offers an enthralling insight into the medieval mind.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jacobus de Voragine (c.1229-98) was the medieval Archbishop of Genoa. He entered the Dominican Order in 1244 and became prior of the Order in Lombardy in 1267. In 1292 he became Archbishop and in this capacity was actively engaged in peacemaking between the local feuding families.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

A summary of saint's lives and religious festivals which decisively influenced medieval poetry, painting and stained glass. A resource for students of art history and religious studies. Contains a selection of over 70 biographies ranging from the first Apostles to Francis of Assisi. The selection and translation is by Christopher Stace.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Classics
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0140446486
• ISBN 13: 9780140446487
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 432
• Éditeur: Hamer Richard
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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