Possible Lives : : Authors and Saints in Renaissance Italy /

Possible Lives : : Authors and Saints in Renaissance Italy / / Alison Knowles Frazier.

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Possible Lives uses the saints'lives written by humanists of the Italian Renaissance to explore the intertwining of classical and religious cultures on the eve of the European Reformation. The lives of saints were among the most reproduced and widely distributed literatures of medieval and earl...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Frazier, Alison Knowles,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2005]
©2005
Year of Publication:2005
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (544 p.) :; 6 photos, 2 charts
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Two Technical Notes
  • 1. Introduction: Authors, Saints, and Texts
  • 2. A Renaissance of Martyrs
  • 3. The Last Medieval Legendary
  • 4. The Teacher's Saints
  • 5. The Spectacle of a Woman's Devotion
  • 6. The Saint as Author
  • 7. Conclusion
  • Hand List: An Annotated List of Authors and Their Vitae, Passiones, and Liturgical Historiae About Saints (Manuscript and Print, ca. 1420-1521)
  • Index: Manuscripts Consulted
  • Index: People and Places

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