From Sithiu to Saint-Bertin: hagiographic exegesis and collective memory in the early medieval cults of Omer and Bertin
Constructing the exegetical past -- Scola Christi, c. 638-750 -- Loca regiminis, 750-861 -- Geminae columnae, 861-900 -- The memory of loss, 900-65 -- Saint-Bertin, 965-1007.
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies
[2019]
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Studies and texts (219)
Year: 2019 |
| Series/Journal: | Studies and texts
219 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KCA Monasticism; religious orders |
| Further subjects: | B
Monks (France) (Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais))
Historiography
B Saint-Bertin (Monastery : Saint-Omer, Pas-de-Calais, France) Historiography B Collective Memory (France) (Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais)) Historiography B Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais, France) Church history Middle Ages, 600-1500 Historiography B Monasticism and religious orders (France) (Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais)) History Middle Ages, 600-1500 Historiography B Christian saints Cult (France) (Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais)) Historiography |
| Summary: | Constructing the exegetical past -- Scola Christi, c. 638-750 -- Loca regiminis, 750-861 -- Geminae columnae, 861-900 -- The memory of loss, 900-65 -- Saint-Bertin, 965-1007. "Previous studies of the abbey of Sithiu (modern Saint-Omer) have often sought to explain the competition between the canons of Saint-Omer and the monks of Saint-Bertin, a rivalry deriving from their shared origins in the abbey of Sithiu. However, David Defries book centres on the cooperative relationship that developed between the saints Omer and Bertin in the monks collective memory. Earlier historians overwhelmingly assumed that collective memory has a narrative structure and that the texts meant to shape its evolution are "historiographic" in form. In contrast, Defries treats Sithius historiography as a type of scriptural exegesis that emphasizes the allegorical levels, especially typology and tropology, of the Christian scriptural hermeneutic. This argument has broad implications for the study of early medieval collective memory indeed, From Sithiu to Saint-Bertin may be seen as a preliminary case study for the value of paradigmatic approaches to early medieval memory."-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-328) and index |
| ISBN: | 088844219X |