Possible lives : authors and saints in Renaissance Italy / Alison Knowles Frazier.
Possible lives : authors and saints in Renaissance Italy / Alison Knowles Frazier.
Possible lives : authors and saints in Renaissance Italy / Alison Knowles Frazier.
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New York : Columbia University Press, c2005.
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N235.20945/2
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English
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Physical content
xvii, 527 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
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 li...
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Publisher
New York : Columbia University Press, c2005.
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New York (State)
Date Published
c2005.
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"The lives of saints were among the most reproduced and widely distributed literatures of medieval and early modern Europe. During the century before the Reformation, these narratives of impossible goodness fell into the hands of classicizing intellectuals known as humanists. This study examines how the humanist authors received, criticized, and re...
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Possible lives : authors and saints in Renaissance Italy / Alison Knowles Frazier.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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c2005.
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N235.20945/2
Record Identifier
74VKP0jlDk7A
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKP0jlDk7A
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ISBN
0231129769 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780231129763 (cloth : alk. paper)
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235.2094509024
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991019758219702626
