Conversing with the Saints - Wolfert S. van Egmond
Communication in Pre-Carolingian Hagiography from Auxerre
KORTE INHOUD
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2006Uitgever: Brepols Publishers230 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 2503517609ISBN-13: 9782503517605Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Early medieval hagiographical texts abound with vivid descriptions of acts of communication. Such descriptions in the hagiography written in the diocese of Auxerre during the Merovingian period are studied here in an attempt to establish the status of the written word vis-a-vis other means of communication, such as the spoken word or rituals. For this purpose the dating of each source is reconsidered. The texts were written within the clerical community of Auxerre and most relate in some way to Germanus, th...
