The acts of the pagan martyrs: Acta Alexandrinorum
Le Colloque 'Normes et hagiographie', tenu à lUniversité Lyon-III en octobre 2010, porte bien son nom: il ne sest pas donné pour objet détude lhagiographie latine comme source dexemples de comportement, mais bien les relations complexes que les sources hagiographiques entretienn…
Contents include: 'Constantius' Vita Germani: an Author and His Text', 'Communication in the Vita Germani', 'The Merovingian Sources', and 'Communication in the Merovingian Texts'
Contents include: 'Constantius' Vita Germani: an Author and His Text', 'Communication in the Vita Germani', 'The Merovingian Sources', and 'Communication in the Merovingian Texts'.
"Jonas of Bobbio's life mirrored many of the transformations of the seventh century, while his three saints' Lives provide a window into the early medieval Age of Saints and the monastic and political worlds of Merovingian Gaul and Lombard Italy"--
"Jonas of Bobbio's life mirrored many of the transformations of the seventh century, while his three saints' Lives provide a window into the early medieval Age of Saints and the monastic and political worlds of Merovingian Gaul and Lombard Italy"--
"This book aims to shed new light on asceticism of the heart and imperial Christian aspects in the ascetic life of Melania the Younger, in particular, and of a specific group of Roman aristocratic ascetic women, in general. The author draws on the examination of rhetorical langu…
Biographical note: Massimo Leone, University of Torino, Italy.