The golden legend : readings on the saints /

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Author / Creator:Jacobus, de Voragine, approximately 1229-1298, author.
Uniform title:Legenda aurea. English
Edition:2012 edition.
Imprint:Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2012.
Description:1 online resource (xxi, 788 pages)
Language:English
Subject:Christian saints -- Biography.
RELIGION -- Christianity -- Catholic.
HISTORY -- Medieval.
Christian saints.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11149514
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Other authors / contributors:Ryan, William Granger, 1905-1996, translator.
Duffy, Eamon, writer of introduction.
ISBN:9781400842056
1400842050
9780691154077
0691154074
Notes:"Here endeth the Golden Legend or Lombardic History of Jacobus de Voragine of the Order of Preachers, bishop of Genoa"--Page 781.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Translated from the Latin.
Online resource; title from digital title page (JSTOR platform, viewed November 7, 2016).
Summary:"Depicting the lives of the saints in an array of factual and fictional stories, The Golden Legend was perhaps the most widely read book, after the Bible, during the late Middle Ages. It was compiled around 1260 by Jacobus de Voragine, a scholarly friar and later archbishop of Genoa, whose purpose was to captivate, encourage, and edify the faithful, while preserving a vast store of information pertaining to the legends and traditions of the church. In this translation, the first in English of the complete text, William Granger Ryan captures the immediacy of this rich work, which offers an important guide for readers interested in medieval art and literature and, more generally, in popular religious culture. Arranged according to the order of saints' feast days, these fascinating stories are now combined into one volume. This edition also features an introduction by Eamon Duffy contextualizing the work."--Provided by publisher.
Other form:Print version: Jacobus, de Voragine, approximately 1229-1298. Legenda aurea. English. Golden legend. Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2012 9780691154077
Standard no.:9786613589811