{"product_id":"a-commentary-on-nigel-of-jan-m-ziolkowski-9780884024941","title":"A Commentary on Nigel of Canterbury's Miracles of the Virgin","description":"\u003cp\u003eNigel of Canterbury, also known as Longchamp and Whiteacre, wrote toward the end of the so-called Twelfth-Century Renaissance. He was a Benedictine monk of Christ Church when Thomas Becket was martyred, and a star of Anglo-Latin literature while the Angevin kings held sway over a vast empire that encompassed not only the British Isles but also western France. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library volume features, alongside the Latin, the first-ever English translation of Nigel's second-longest poem, \u003ci\u003eMiracles of the Virgin\u003c\/i\u003e. The \u003ci\u003eMiracles\u003c\/i\u003e is the oldest extant collection of versified miracles of Mary in Latin and indeed in any language. The seventeen narratives, telling a gamut of tales from diabolic pacts to pregnant abbesses, gave scope for Nigel to display skills as a storyteller and stylist, while recounting the miraculous mercy of the Virgin. This supplement offers an extensive commentary to facilitate appreciation of the \u003ci\u003eMiracles\u003c\/i\u003e as poetry by a medieval writer deeply imbued in the long tradition of Latin literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jan M. Ziolkowski\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0884024946\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780884024941\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dumbarton Oaks Research Library \u0026amp; Collection\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/03\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Jan M. Ziolkowski","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44070876086527,"sku":"9780884024941","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e815e93c-b412-4f12-ac11-9bf40c4e9024.jpg?v=1685432846","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-commentary-on-nigel-of-jan-m-ziolkowski-9780884024941","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}