St. Radegunde of Poitiers’ Treatise of Consolation to Lepers
This book presents the first English translation of an important early work on the subject of disability and human suffering. Dating from about the sixth century AD, and previously unidentified or attributed to Ps.-Basil, the text was intended as a sermon of comfort for victims of leprosy. An incura...
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| description | This book presents the first English translation of an important early work on the subject of disability and human suffering. Dating from about the sixth century AD, and previously unidentified or attributed to Ps.-Basil, the text was intended as a sermon of comfort for victims of leprosy. An incurable and socially marginalizing affliction known to all ancient cultures, this disease defined its victims as “unclean,” as distinct from other sicknesses. A consolatory sermon, this treatise shares some features with the pre-Christian literary genre of consolation. The writer speaks to the lepers with words of comfort beyond their present suffering and reminds them of the glorious new body they will have in the resurrection. Synodinos shows that this treatise was the work of St. Radegunde of Poitiers, a monastic Frankish queen who lived a life of self-denial and whose significance deserves to be better understood. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1592992025-07-15T05:04:17Z St. Radegunde of Poitiers’ Treatise of Consolation to Lepers Synodinos, Chris D. Medieval illness; disability; rhetoric; diatribe; stoicism thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3K CE period up to c 1500 thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRM Christianity This book presents the first English translation of an important early work on the subject of disability and human suffering. Dating from about the sixth century AD, and previously unidentified or attributed to Ps.-Basil, the text was intended as a sermon of comfort for victims of leprosy. An incurable and socially marginalizing affliction known to all ancient cultures, this disease defined its victims as “unclean,” as distinct from other sicknesses. A consolatory sermon, this treatise shares some features with the pre-Christian literary genre of consolation. The writer speaks to the lepers with words of comfort beyond their present suffering and reminds them of the glorious new body they will have in the resurrection. Synodinos shows that this treatise was the work of St. Radegunde of Poitiers, a monastic Frankish queen who lived a life of self-denial and whose significance deserves to be better understood. 2025-05-13T04:26:35Z 2025-05-13T04:26:35Z 2025-05-12T12:26:51Z 2025 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/101599 9781802703399 9781802700275 9781802703412 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/159299 eng Foundations open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/101599/8/9781802703405.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/101599/8/9781802703405.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/101599/8/9781802703405.pdf Arc Humanities Press 10.1353/book.131099 10.1353/book.131099 f13fc637-eaa8-4720-b1fa-dafaccb9c6d2 9781802703399 9781802700275 9781802703412 118 Leeds open access |
| spellingShingle | Medieval illness; disability; rhetoric; diatribe; stoicism thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3K CE period up to c 1500 thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRM Christianity St. Radegunde of Poitiers’ Treatise of Consolation to Lepers |
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| topic | Medieval illness; disability; rhetoric; diatribe; stoicism thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3K CE period up to c 1500 thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRM Christianity |
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