Description
Book SynopsisThis volume is conceived as a complement to another Middle English Texts series text, Sherry Reames' Middle English Legends of Women Saints. This selection is intended to be broadly representative of saints' lives in Middle English and of the classic types of hagiographic legend as these were presented to the lay public and less-literate clergy of late medieval England.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments General Introduction Abbreviations
I. St. Andrew (a) The Martyrdom of St. Andrew in the
South English Legendary Introduction The Martyrdom of St. Andrew Explanatory Notes Textual Notes (b) St. Andrew and the Three Questions in the
Scottish Legendary Introduction St. Andrew and the Three Questions Explanatory Notes Textual Notes
II. St. George (a) The Martyrdom of St. George in the
South English Legendary Introduction The Martyrdom of St. George Notes (b) St. George and the Dragon in the
South English Legendary (East Midland Revision) Introduction St. George and the Dragon Explanatory Notes Textual Notes
III. St. Jerome Introduction (a)
The Life of St. Jerome, by Simon Winter Explanatory Notes Textual Notes (b) St. Jerome and the Lion Notes
IV. St. Thais Introduction The Life of St. Thais in the
Northern Homily Cycle Notes
V. St. Benedict and St. Scholastica (a) The Life of St. Benedict in the
South English Legendary Introduction The Life of St. Benedict Explanatory Notes Textual Notes (b) The Life of St. Scholastica in the
South English Legendary Introduction The Life of St. Scholastica Notes
VI. St. Austin Introduction
Saint Austin at Compton, by John Lydgate Explanatory Notes Textual Notes
VII. St. Francis Introduction The Life of St. Francis in the
South English Legendary Explanatory Notes Textual Notes
VIII. St. Julian Introduction The Life of St. Julian Hospitaller in the
Scottish Legendary Explanatory Notes Textual Notes Bibliography Glossary
