RT Book
T1 From Sithiu to Saint-Bertin: hagiographic exegesis and collective memory in the early medieval cults of Omer and Bertin
T2 Studies and texts
JF Studies and texts
A1 Defries, David
LA English
PP Toronto, Ontario, Canada
PB Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies
YR 2019
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1697258077
AB 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.
AB "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."--
NO Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-328) and index
CN BX2615.S254
SN 9780888442192
K1 Saint-Bertin (Monastery : Saint-Omer, Pas-de-Calais, France) : Historiography
K1 Christian saints : Cult : France : Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais) : Historiography
K1 Monks : France : Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais) : Historiography
K1 Monasticism and religious orders : France : Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais) : History : Middle Ages, 600-1500 : Historiography
K1 Collective Memory : France : Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais) : Historiography
K1 Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais, France) : Church history : Middle Ages, 600-1500 : Historiography