RT Book
T1 Saints and animals in the Middle Ages
A1 Alexander, Dominic
LA English
PP Suffolk
PB The Boydell Press
YR 2008
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/88329978X
AB A thorough investigation of the saint and animal topos: its origins, growth and development. The saint and animal story in medieval saints' 'Lives' has a long tradition - explored in detail here. The volume ranges from the very beginning of the genre in the Late Antique east, through the early medieval western European adaptations, including in Ireland, to the twelfth century, to its conclusion with a new assessment of Saint Francis' dealings with animals. The author argues that stories of saints and animals drew from a variety of sources, including scripture and classical literature, and also elements of folklore; they had clear spiritual meanings, which were adapted to the development of the Church, and its relationship to the people in the medieval West. Almost as soon as the genre became standardised, its appearance in saints' 'Lives' begin to show new influences rising from the fund of popular folklore. The relationship between Church and rural folklore is also explored, both through unusual examples of the genre of saint and animal story, and through a case study of twelfth-century miracle cults from the north of England. The study finishes with Saint Francis, where the social relations underpinning the tradition of the genre are shifting towards a new culture at the root of our own.
AB Reading the Lives of the saints -- The formation of tradition -- Monks and animals in the medieval wilderness -- The Irish variant -- Sainted princesses and the resurrection of geese -- The hermit and the hunter -- The holy wilderness: Farne Island and the cult of Saint Cuthbert -- Animal sanctuaries of the Middle Ages? -- Saint Francis and the thirtheenth century
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 181-190
CN BX2325
SN 9781846156724
K1 Church history, Middle Ages, 600-1500
K1 Animals : Religious aspects : Christianity.
K1 Christian saints
K1 Church History : Middle Ages, 600-1500
K1 Animals : Religious aspects : Christianity
K1 Church history ; Middle Ages, 600-1500
K1 Animals ; Religious aspects ; Christianity