In search of sacred time : Jacobus de Voragine and the Golden legend

Author/Creator:

Le Goff, Jacques, 1924-2014

Publication/Creation:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2014]

Resource Type:

Book

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

In search of sacred time : Jacobus de Voragine and the Golden legend / Jacques Le Goff ; translated by Lydia G. Cochrane

Uniform Title:

À la recherche du temps sacré.

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Jacobus,de Voragine,approximately 1229-1298.Legenda aurea
Christian saints--Biography--History and criticism
Christian hagiography--History--To 1500
Rhetoric, Medieval

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Jacobus de Voragine in his time -- The major inspirations for Jacobus de Voragine -- The prologue and the temporale -- The sanctorale -- The time of renewal -- The time of reconciliation and pilgrimage -- The time of deviation -- The time of reconciliation -- The time of pilgrimage.

Summary:

It is impossible to understand the late Middle Ages without grasping the importance of The Golden Legend, the most popular medieval collection of saints' lives. Assembled for clerical use in the thirteenth century by Genoese archbishop Jacobus de Voragine, the book became the medieval equivalent of a best seller. By 1500, there were more copies of it in circulation than there were of the Bible itself. Priests drew on The Golden Legend for their sermons, the faithful used it for devotion and piety, and artists and writers mined it endlessly in their works. In Search of Sacred Time is the first comprehensive history and interpretation of this crucial book. Jacques Le Goff, one of the world's most renowned medievalists, provides a lucid, compelling, and unparalleled account of why and how The Golden Legend exerted such a profound influence on medieval life. In Search of Sacred Time explains how The Golden Legend -- an encyclopedic work that followed the course of the liturgical calendar and recounted the life of the saint for each feast day -- worked its way into the fabric of medieval life. Le Goff describes how this ambitious book was carefully crafted to give sense and shape to the Christian year, underscoring its meaning and drama through the stories of saints, miracles, and martyrdoms. Ultimately, Le Goff argues, The Golden Legend influenced how medieval Christians perceived the passage of time, Christianizing time itself and reconciling human and divine temporality. Authoritative, eloquent, and original, In Search of Sacred Time is a major reinterpretation of a book that is central to comprehending the medieval imagination.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

xv, 214 pages ; 23 cm

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

990035555380302486

ISBN:

9780691156453 (hardcover : alk. paper)
069115645X (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC Number:

861542575

Other Identifiers:

Unspecified: 40023414825

Barcode:

010002833835