The Golden Legend : Selections (Penguin Classics)

The Golden Legend : Selections (Penguin Classics)

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Book Description
A new, authoritative translation of one of the central texts of the Middle Ages.

By creating a single-volume sourcebook of all the core Christian stories, Jacobus de Voragine attracted a huge audience across Europe, including Geoffrey Chaucer. This selection of more than seventy biographies ranges from the first Apostles and Roman martyrs to near-contemporaries like St. Dominic, St. Francis of Assisi, and St. Elizabeth of Hungary. The Golden Legend is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand medieval imagery, art, and thought.

Language Notes
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Latin

The Golden Legend: Selections (Penguin Classics),Jacobo di Voragine,Richard Hamer,Christopher Stace,Penguin Classics,0140446486,Biography,Christian saints,Classics,Fiction,General,Literature - Classics / Criticism,Literature: Classics,Religious - General,Fiction / Religious,History of art: c 500 CE to c 1400,Saints & hagiography

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