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Saints and animals in the Middle Ages [electronic resource] / Dominic Alexander.
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TextPublication details: Woodbridge, UK ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 200 p.)ISBN: - 9781846156724 (electronic bk.)
- 1846156726 (electronic bk.)
- 235/.2 22
- BX2325 .A54 2008eb
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Summary: Dominic Alexander presents a thorough investigation of the saint and animal topos - its origins, growth and development.
Reading the Lives of the saints -- The formation of tradition -- Monks and animals in the medieval wilderness -- The Irish variant -- Sainted princesses and the resurrection of geese -- The hermit and the hunter -- The holy wilderness: Farne Island and the cult of Saint Cuthbert -- Animal sanctuaries of the Middle Ages? -- Saint Francis and the thirtheenth century.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-190) and index.
Reading the Lives of the saints -- The formation of tradition -- Monks and animals in the medieval wilderness -- The Irish variant -- Sainted princesses and the resurrection of geese -- The hermit and the hunter -- The holy wilderness: Farne Island and the cult of Saint Cuthbert -- Animal sanctuaries of the Middle Ages? -- Saint Francis and the thirtheenth century.
Dominic Alexander presents a thorough investigation of the saint and animal topos - its origins, growth and development.
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