Douie, Decima L., ed; Farmer, David Hugh, trans., Magna Vita Sancti Hugonis: the Life of St. Hugh of Lincoln (Oxford Medieval Texts. 2 vols. Oxford: Clarendon Press,1961 [Rpt. 1987]). ISBN: 198222076 Find this book in a library
Magna Vita Sancti Hugonis: the Life of St. Hugh of Lincoln
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- Adam of Eynsham
1213 - 1213
- Latin
- Original language included
- Translated into English
Facing page.
- England
East Midlands; Lincolnshire; Lincoln
- Hagiography
- Clergy - Monks, Nuns, Friars
- Clergy - Priests, Bishops, Canons
- Historiography
- Saints
- Index
- Introduction
Introduction (vii-liv) covers the author and contents of the Life; St. Hugh’s episcopate; the history of the Carthusians at Witham; information of manuscript and publication history of the text.
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Life of the Carthusian monk, scholar, and bishop, Hugh of Lincoln, written by his chaplain just after Hugh’s death. Focuses on Hugh as a monk and saint more than as an administrator and scholar, but departs from many of the standard conventions of hagiography to give a more personal, historical, accurate depiction of Hugh’s character than is common in most saints’ lives. Vol. 1 contains Books 1-3 of the Life. Vol. 2 contains Books 4-5 of the Life. Includes maps.