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The Golden Legend: Selections Paperback - 1999

by Jacobo Di Voragine; Christopher Stace (Translator); Introduction by Richard Hamer

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One of the central texts of the Middle Ages, The Golden Legend deeply influenced the imagery of poetry, painting and stained glass with its fascinating descriptions of saints' lives and religious festivals. By creating a single-volume sourcebook of core Christian stories, Jacobus de Voragine (c. 1229-98) attracted a huge audience across Europe. This selection of over seventy biographies ranges from the first Apostles and Roman martyrs to near-contemporaries such as St Dominic, St Francis of Assissi and St Elizabeth of Hungary. Here, witnesses to the true faith endure horrific tortures; reformed prostitutes win divine forgiveness; while other women live disguised as monks or nobly resist lustful tyrants. Lucid and compelling, The Golden Legend offers an enthralling insight into the medieval mind. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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  • Title The Golden Legend: Selections
  • Author Jacobo Di Voragine; Christopher Stace (Translator); Introduction by Richard Hamer
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: first
  • Pages 432
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Group, London
  • Date May 1, 1999
  • ISBN 9780140446487 / 0140446486
  • Weight 0.77 lbs (0.35 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.68 x 5.36 x 1.05 in (19.51 x 13.61 x 2.67 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
  • Library of Congress subjects Christian saints
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 99217252
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

About the author

Jacobus de Voragine (c.1229-98) was the medieval Archbishop of Genoa. He entered the Dominican Order in 1244 and became prior of the Order in Lombardy in 1267. In 1292 he became Archbishop and in this capacity was actively engaged in peacemaking between the local feuding families.
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