"Mit dem Ende Westroms stellte sich die Frage, wer nun politische Aufgaben in der Spätantike übernehmen konnte. Lateinische Heiligenviten (Vitae sanctorum) dokumentieren, dass es die 'Heiligen' waren, die zwischen dem vierten und sechsten Jahrhundert n. Chr. einen großen Teil de…
Product Description: This short reader includes selections from Stouck's longer volume, Medieval Saints: A Reader, along with new material. It is designed to briefly introduce students to many of the most famous and representative saints of the age, and can be used to supplement…
"This volume contains the Syriac Life of Mar Pinhạs, a purported martyr under the Sasanian Empire. The Life describes Pinhạs's martyrdom while also accounting for his relics. The Syriac text was first published in 1894 by Paul Bedjan, and is provided here with an English transla…
Here is a popular look at the lives of 16 saints, some famous (Thomas More, Teresa of Avila), and others largely unknown (Roque Gonzalez, Canaire of Inis Cathaig)--stories filled with a devotion to personal liberty that has been the hallmark of the human rights campaigns of the …
This is the first book to focus on Latin epic verse saints' lives in their medieval historical contexts.
