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In Search of Sacred Time: Jacobus de Voragine and The Golden Legend
Jacques Le Goff
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Description for In Search of Sacred Time: Jacobus de Voragine and The Golden Legend
Hardback. It is impossible to understand the late Middle Ages without grasping the importance of The Golden Legend, the most popular medieval collection of saints' lives. Assembled for clerical use in the thirteenth century by Genoese archbishop Jacobus de Voragine, the book became the medieval equivalent of a best seller. This title deals with this book. Translator(s): Cochrane, Lydia G. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 160 x 220 x 22. Weight in Grams: 416.
It is impossible to understand the late Middle Ages without grasping the importance of The Golden Legend, the most popular medieval collection of saints' lives. Assembled for clerical use in the thirteenth century by Genoese archbishop Jacobus de Voragine, the book became the medieval equivalent of a best seller. By 1500, there were more copies of it in circulation than there were of the Bible itself. Priests drew on The Golden Legend for their sermons, the faithful used it for devotion and piety, and artists and writers mined it endlessly in their works. In Search of Sacred Time is the ... Read more
It is impossible to understand the late Middle Ages without grasping the importance of The Golden Legend, the most popular medieval collection of saints' lives. Assembled for clerical use in the thirteenth century by Genoese archbishop Jacobus de Voragine, the book became the medieval equivalent of a best seller. By 1500, there were more copies of it in circulation than there were of the Bible itself. Priests drew on The Golden Legend for their sermons, the faithful used it for devotion and piety, and artists and writers mined it endlessly in their works. In Search of Sacred Time is the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
415g
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691156453
SKU
V9780691156453
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About Jacques Le Goff
Jacques Le Goff is a world-renowned historian of the Middle Ages. His many books include Medieval Civilization, The Birth of Europe, and The Medieval Imagination.
Reviews for In Search of Sacred Time: Jacobus de Voragine and The Golden Legend
"Generally arranged in order of the church year, beginning with Advent, the saints' lives appear chronologically, thus representing liturgical time, calendar time, sanctoral time, and divine time
the latter organizing sacred history into four periods from creation to consummation... This interpretive book by a master will complement the original text for medievalists and their students."
Choice "A testament to Le Goff's deep ... Read more
the latter organizing sacred history into four periods from creation to consummation... This interpretive book by a master will complement the original text for medievalists and their students."
Choice "A testament to Le Goff's deep ... Read more