The Sanctity of the Leaders
Holy Kings, Princes, Bishops and Abbots from Central Europe (11th to 13th Centuries)
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The Sanctity of the Leaders
Holy Kings, Princes, Bishops and Abbots from Central Europe (11th to 13th Centuries)
About this book
The latest title in the Central European Medieval Texts series contains the lives of saints who were canonized in the eleventh through thirteenth centuries in the newly Christianized countries of Central and Eastern Europe (Bohemia, Poland, Hungary, and Dalmatia). A rejoinder to the earlier volume in the series, the Saints of the Christianization Age of Central Europe (CEMT, Vol. 6), containing hermits, missionaries, and martyrs, this second volume of hagiography is dominated by political or ecclesiastical leaders who became saintly patrons of their region and were highly venerated throughout the Middle Ages.
The legends in the volume present the two Hungarian holy kings Stephen and Ladislas, the holy duke Emeric, the Czech holy abbot Prokop of Sázava, three bishops, the Venetian-Hungarian Gellért of Csanád, the Polish Stanislas of Cracow (both martyrs), and the Dalmatian holy bishop Saint John of Trogir. Each "vita" is published in Latin original with an English translation and with prefaces discussing the textual tradition.
Saints' lives have been recognized as an invaluable source of information on social and economic history, the history of mentalities and everyday life, cultural history, and, above all, as a special genre with crucial importance and prevalence in medieval literature.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Front matter
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- INTRODUCTION: Gábor Klaniczay - Hagiography in Central Europe in the Central Middle Ages
- I. SAINT STEPHEN OF HUNGARY
- II. SAINT EMERIC
- III. SAINT GERARD
- IV. SAINT PROCOPIUS OF SÁZAVA
- V. SAINT LADISLAUS OF HUNGARY
- VI. SAINT JOHN OF TROGIR
- VII. SAINT STANISLAUS OF CRACOW
- Select Bibliography
- Select Hagiography of the Saints in this Volume
- Contributors to the volume
- Index
- Back cover