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- catalog abstract ""The lives of saints were among the most reproduced and widely distributed literatures of medieval and early modern Europe. During the century before the Reformation, these narratives of impossible goodness fell into the hands of classicizing intellectuals known as humanists. This study examines how the humanist authors received, criticized, and rewrote the traditional stories of exemplary virtue for patrons and audiences who were surprisingly open to their textual experiments." "Drawn from a newly constructed catalog of primary sources in manuscript and print, the cases in this book range from the lure of martyrdom as the West confronted Islam to the use of saints' lives in local politics and the rhetorician's classroom. Frazier discusses the writers' perceptions of historical sanctity, the commanding place of the mendicant friars, and one unique account of a contemporary holy woman."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13306332.
- catalog created "c2005.".
- catalog date "2005".
- catalog date "c2005.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2005.".
- catalog description ""The lives of saints were among the most reproduced and widely distributed literatures of medieval and early modern Europe. During the century before the Reformation, these narratives of impossible goodness fell into the hands of classicizing intellectuals known as humanists. This study examines how the humanist authors received, criticized, and rewrote the traditional stories of exemplary virtue for patrons and audiences who were surprisingly open to their textual experiments." "Drawn from a newly constructed catalog of primary sources in manuscript and print, the cases in this book range from the lure of martyrdom as the West confronted Islam to the use of saints' lives in local politics and the rhetorician's classroom. Frazier discusses the writers' perceptions of historical sanctity, the commanding place of the mendicant friars, and one unique account of a contemporary holy woman."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and indexes.".
- catalog extent "xx, 527 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0231129769 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2005".
- catalog issued "c2005.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Columbia University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Italy".
- catalog spatial "Italy.".
- catalog subject "235/.2/094509024 22".
- catalog subject "BX4662 .F74 2005".
- catalog subject "Christian hagiography History To 1500.".
- catalog subject "Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern) Italy History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Renaissance Italy.".
- catalog title "Possible lives : authors and saints in Renaissance Italy / Alison Knowles Frazier.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".