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The lives of saints were among the most reproduced and widely distributed literatures of medieval and early modern Europe. This study examines how humanist authors received, criticized, and rewrote the traditional stories of exemplary virtue for patrons and audiences who were surprisingly open to their textual experiments.

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This monumental work of scholarship and labor of love succeeds admirably in rescuing humanist hagiography from undeserved obscurity. -- Daniel Bornstein Renaissance Quarterly A remarkable achievement. -- Katherine L. Jansen The Catholic Historical Review

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Introduction: Authors, Saints and Texts A Renaissance of Martyrs The Last Medieval Legendary The Teacher's Saints The Spectacle of a Woman's Devotion The Saint as Author Conclusion

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      Publisher: Columbia University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 09/02/2005
      ISBN13: 9780231129763, 978-0231129763
      ISBN10: 0231129769

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The lives of saints were among the most reproduced and widely distributed literatures of medieval and early modern Europe. This study examines how humanist authors received, criticized, and rewrote the traditional stories of exemplary virtue for patrons and audiences who were surprisingly open to their textual experiments.

      Trade Review
      This monumental work of scholarship and labor of love succeeds admirably in rescuing humanist hagiography from undeserved obscurity. -- Daniel Bornstein Renaissance Quarterly A remarkable achievement. -- Katherine L. Jansen The Catholic Historical Review

      Table of Contents
      Introduction: Authors, Saints and Texts A Renaissance of Martyrs The Last Medieval Legendary The Teacher's Saints The Spectacle of a Woman's Devotion The Saint as Author Conclusion

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