"Peter Gemeinhardt nimmt in den vorliegenden Studien das spätantike Christentum als Institution und als Gemeinschaft der Heiligen in den Blick. Schwerpunkte liegen auf der Gestalt und dem Selbstverständnis der Kirche im 4. und 5. Jahrhundert und auf der Aktualität der Märtyrer a…
Buddhist sainthood in dharmic history -- An Indian lineage severed -- Salvation in writing and the annex of Indian Buddhism -- Nagarjuna divine and the alchemy of hagiography -- An Indian silkworm god in China -- Buddhist saints to bridge the Sino-Indian divide.
Introduction / Sergey Minov and Flavia Ruani -- Part I. Texts as Literature: 1. Prologues as Narthexes in Syriac Hagiographies / Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent -- 2. Hearing Sanctity: Oral Performance and Aural Consumption of Hagiographical Stories in the Late Antique and Me…
"Goscelin, monk of Saint-Bertin, who came to England in the early 1060s, was one of the most prolific hagiographers of Anglo-Saxon saints. Part of his career was spent in wandering exile, and one of the places at which Goscelin stayed briefly was Ely, whose twelfth-century house…
The twelve essays in this collection advance the contemporary study of the women saints of Anglo-Saxon England by challenging received wisdom and offering alternative methodologies. The work embraces a number of different scholarly approaches, from codicological study to feminis…
The twelve essays in this collection advance the contemporary study of the women saints of Anglo-Saxon England by challenging received wisdom and offering alternative methodologies. The work embraces a number of different scholarly approaches, from codicological study to feminis…
The twelve essays in this collection advance the contemporary study of the women saints of Anglo-Saxon England by challenging received wisdom and offering alternative methodologies. The work embraces a number of different scholarly approaches, from codicological study to feminis…
"Judean hagiographies are unusual. Some are unexpectedly structured: a saint's life in the form of a history text. Others offer surprising content. Expected hagiographic stylizations, for example, often depict moments in which the saint is offered money for a miracle. In such ca…
"Judean hagiographies are unusual. Some are unexpectedly structured: a saint's life in the form of a history text. Others offer surprising content. Expected hagiographic stylizations, for example, often depict moments in which the saint is offered money for a miracle. In such ca…
