Three Eleventh-century Anglo-Latin Saints' Lives: Vita S. Birini, Vita Et Miracula S. Kenelmi and Vita S. RumwoldiClarendon Press, 1996 - 149 pages This volume contains comprehensive and scholarly editions of three Anglo-Saxon saints' lives: Birinus of Dorchester-on-Thames, Kenelm of Winchcombe, and Rumwold of Buckingham. Rosalind Love provides the Latin texts, based on all known manuscript versions, with a facing-page English translation, together with full annotation and a historical introduction which sets these works in the context of the development of hagiographical literature. Dr Love traces the growth and changes in hagiographical writing, one of the most important genres of medieval literature and essential to the understanding of the religious mentality of the Middle Ages, and shows how the eleventh century saw significant new directions emerge in the cult of the saints and the writing of saints' lives. |
Contents
ABBREVIATIONS | ix |
iii The CottonCorpus Legendary and its Dissem | xviii |
vi The Revival of AngloLatin Hagiography in | xxxiii |
vii EleventhCentury AngloLatin Saints Lives | xxxix |
ST BIRINUS OF DORCHESTERONTHAMES | xlix |
iv The Cult of St Birinus | lx |
vi Abbreviated Versions of Vita S Birini | lxxxi |
ix Previous Editions of Vita S Birini | lxxxviii |
i St Rumwold | cxli |
vi Churches Dedicated to RumwoldRumbold | cli |
viii The Composition of Vita S Rumwoldi | clix |
xi Abbreviated Versions of Vita S Rumwoldi | clxxviii |
i Vita S Birini | clxxxviii |
VITA ET MIRACVLA SANCTI KENELMI | 49 |
VITA SANCTI RVMWOLDI | 91 |
APPENDICES | 118 |
iv The Relationship of Vita brevior to Vita et Miracula | ci |
vi The Liturgical Cult of St Kenelm | cxiii |
ST RUMWOLD OF BUCKINGHAM AND VITA | cxvii |
The account of the fire at Winchcombe | 125 |
E The Valenciennes Office for the Feast of St Kenelm | 135 |
Common terms and phrases
Abbey abbot abbreviated ActaS Ælfwine Anglo-Saxon autem author of Vita baptism beati beatus Bede Birinus Birinus's bishop Bodleian Library breviary calendar Cambridge Canterbury Catalogue CCCC 9 Christ Church Clent Coenwulf commemoration compilation composed conjecture Cotton-Corpus legendary cult Cwoenthryth datable Eadgyth Eadmer early eius eleventh century England enim erat evidence example exemplar feast Goscelin hagiography Hereford History holy homily Ibid included King King's Sutton Latin lections liturgical Lives London M. R. James manu manuscript martyr Medieval Mildrith Minster miracles Old Minster omni Oxford Passio possible preserved quam quia quod Ramsey relics saints sancti scribe seems sibi sicut St Augustine's St Birinus St Kenelm St Rumwold sunt surviving suum Swithuni tion translation twelfth century uero variant Vita brevior Vita et miracula vols Winchcombe Winchcombe Abbey Winchester witnesses Worcester Wormald written Wulfstan Wulfwine