The Talents of Jacopo da Varagine : : A Genoese Mind in Medieval Europe / / Steven A. Epstein.
Jacopo da Varagine (c. 1228–1298) is remembered today primarily for his immensely popular work The Golden Legend, a massive collection of stories about the saints. Compiled over the years 1260–67, The Golden Legend quickly eclipsed earlier collections of saints’ lives. One indication of its populari...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2015] ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (312 p.) :; 1 table, 1 map |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Prologue
- 1. The Preacher
- 2. Holy Days
- 3. Saintly People
- 4. Genoa’s Past
- 5. Genoa’s Own Historian
- Epilogue
- Select Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- General Index
- Index of Scripture