Magna Vita S. Hugonis, Episcopi Lincolniensis : From Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, and the Imperial Library, Paris
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Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Cambridge Library Collection - Rolls
ISBN-10
1108047866
ISBN-13
9781108047869
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
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Cambridge University Press
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GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 15th, 2012
Print length
512 Pages
Weight
768 grams
Dimensions
15.20 x 22.90 x 3.40 cms
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British & Irish historyEarly history: c 500 to c 1450/1500HistoryEuropean history
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Published in 1864, this life of St Hugh of Lincoln was composed by his chaplain Adam of Eynsham in the early thirteenth century. The closeness of the author to his subject allows for an intimate portrayal of the saint, resulting in possibly the finest surviving example of medieval hagiography.
Edited by the clergyman and historian James Francis Dimock (1810–76) and published in 1864, this life of the twelfth-century St Hugh, bishop of Lincoln, by his chaplain Adam of Eynsham, is presented in the original Latin. Completed before 1220, after Hugh's death in 1200, this is a detailed portrait of the Carthusian monk, scholar and bishop, by a trusted companion, resulting in an unusually personal and lifelike depiction of Hugh's character. It is one of the last and fullest examples of hagiography from the high middle ages, and is of great interest to historians as Hugh lived through the reigns of three English kings and was personally involved in many important events. As well as reporting the day-to-day activities of a medieval bishop, the text also contains original material on the foundation of the Carthusian house at Witham, tales of marvels and miracles, and notices of public affairs.
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