Constructing Saints in Greek and Latin Hagiography
This book explores representations of saints in a variety of Latin and Greek late antique hagiographical narratives, such as saints’ Lives, martyr acts, miracle collections, and edifying tales. The book examines techniques through which the saints featured in such texts are depicted as heroes and he...
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| description | This book explores representations of saints in a variety of Latin and Greek late antique hagiographical narratives, such as saints’ Lives, martyr acts, miracle collections, and edifying tales. The book examines techniques through which the saints featured in such texts are depicted as heroes and heroines, i.e., as extraordinary characters exhibiting both exemplary behaviour and a set of specific qualities that distinguish them from others. The book inscribes itself in a growing body of relatively recent scholarship that approaches hagiographical accounts not just as historical sources but also as narrative constructions. As such, it contributes to the development of a scholarly rationale which increasingly values imaginative and fictional aspects of hagiography in their own right, with the aim of answering broader questions about narrative creativity and ideology. For instance, individual chapters examine how hagiographical accounts mobilize and capitalize on earlier literary and rhetorical traditions or narrative models. These questions are specifically addressed to explore the narrative construction of characters. The chapters thereby encourage us to acknowledge that many hagiographers were more skilful than is often accepted. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1509772025-02-10T17:03:39Z Constructing Saints in Greek and Latin Hagiography De Temmerman, Koen Van Pelt, Julie Staat, Klazina Hagiography & the cult of saints Byzantine Greek literature Early Christian & Patristic Latin literature Late Antiquity (c. 280-500) thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRV Aspects of religion::QRVS Religious institutions and organizations::QRVS1 Religious and spiritual figures This book explores representations of saints in a variety of Latin and Greek late antique hagiographical narratives, such as saints’ Lives, martyr acts, miracle collections, and edifying tales. The book examines techniques through which the saints featured in such texts are depicted as heroes and heroines, i.e., as extraordinary characters exhibiting both exemplary behaviour and a set of specific qualities that distinguish them from others. The book inscribes itself in a growing body of relatively recent scholarship that approaches hagiographical accounts not just as historical sources but also as narrative constructions. As such, it contributes to the development of a scholarly rationale which increasingly values imaginative and fictional aspects of hagiography in their own right, with the aim of answering broader questions about narrative creativity and ideology. For instance, individual chapters examine how hagiographical accounts mobilize and capitalize on earlier literary and rhetorical traditions or narrative models. These questions are specifically addressed to explore the narrative construction of characters. The chapters thereby encourage us to acknowledge that many hagiographers were more skilful than is often accepted. 2025-02-10T17:03:38Z 2025-02-10T17:03:38Z 2023 book ONIX_20250210_9782503602820_50 9782503602820 9782503602837 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/150977 eng fre Fabulae image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International https://www.brepols.net/products/IS-9782503602820-1 https://www.brepolsonline.net/action/showBook?doi=10.1484%2FM.FABULAE-EB.5.131816 Brepols Brepols 10.1484/M.FABULAE-EB.5.131816 10.1484/M.FABULAE-EB.5.131816 337417f5-5e42-49d3-8b32-3867e1572190 9782503602820 9782503602837 Brepols 2 182 Turnhout open access |
| spellingShingle | Hagiography & the cult of saints Byzantine Greek literature Early Christian & Patristic Latin literature Late Antiquity (c. 280-500) thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRV Aspects of religion::QRVS Religious institutions and organizations::QRVS1 Religious and spiritual figures Constructing Saints in Greek and Latin Hagiography |
| title | Constructing Saints in Greek and Latin Hagiography |
| title_full | Constructing Saints in Greek and Latin Hagiography |
| title_fullStr | Constructing Saints in Greek and Latin Hagiography |
| title_full_unstemmed | Constructing Saints in Greek and Latin Hagiography |
| title_short | Constructing Saints in Greek and Latin Hagiography |
| title_sort | constructing saints in greek and latin hagiography |
| topic | Hagiography & the cult of saints Byzantine Greek literature Early Christian & Patristic Latin literature Late Antiquity (c. 280-500) thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRV Aspects of religion::QRVS Religious institutions and organizations::QRVS1 Religious and spiritual figures |
| topic_facet | Hagiography & the cult of saints Byzantine Greek literature Early Christian & Patristic Latin literature Late Antiquity (c. 280-500) thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRV Aspects of religion::QRVS Religious institutions and organizations::QRVS1 Religious and spiritual figures |
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