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352 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780195079074
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date: 02 February 1989
Description
Though medieval saints' lives are among the oldest literary texts of Western vernacular culture, they are routinely patronized as pious fiction by modern historiography. This book demonstrates that to characterize the genre as fiction is to misund...
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352 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780195079074
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date: 02 February 1989
Description
Though medieval saints' lives are among the oldest literary texts of Western vernacular culture, they are routinely patronized as pious fiction by modern historiography. This book demonstrates that to characterize the genre as fiction is to misund...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings