{"product_id":"anonymous-old-english-lives-of-johanna-kramer-9780674244641","title":"Anonymous Old English Lives of Saints","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the first centuries of Christianity, believers turned to the perfection modeled by saints for inspiration, and a tradition of recounting saints' Lives flourished. The Latin narratives followed specific forms, dramatizing a virgin's heroic resolve or a martyr's unwavering faith under torture. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn early medieval England, saints' Lives were eagerly received and translated into the vernacular. The stories collected here by unknown authors are preserved in manuscripts dating from the eleventh and twelfth centuries. They include locally venerated saints like the abbess Seaxburh, as well as universally familiar ones like Nicholas and Michael the Archangel, and are set everywhere from Antioch to Rome, from India to Ephesus. These Lives also explore such topics as the obligations of rulers, marriage and gender roles, private and public devotion, the environment, education, and the sweep of human history. This volume presents new Old English editions and modern English translations of twenty-two unattributed saints' Lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Johanna Kramer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674244648\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674244641\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/12\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 816\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.60w x 1.70d","brand":"Johanna Kramer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46401443922175,"sku":"9780674244641","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f41f57cb-c303-4286-8a2a-e2456f3b52b5.jpg?v=1733887570","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/anonymous-old-english-lives-of-johanna-kramer-9780674244641","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}