{"product_id":"malachy-the-irishman-on-poison-ralph-hanna-9781789622195","title":"Malachy the Irishman, on Poison: A Study and an Edition","description":"The 'De venenis' attributed to 'Malachias Hibernicus' is a portable discussion of vices and virtues. Probably composed about 1280, originally as an aid for Franciscan preachers, it adopts the innovative metaphor that sin is a poison removed by various 'treacles'. Its argumentative mode is to\u003cbr\u003eadduce scientific data about venomous beasts, the sins, and the antidotes to their poisons, the 'remedial' virtues. From these 'facts' of natural history, Malachy constructs homiletic \u003cem\u003esimilitudines\u003c\/em\u003e (analogical figures). These, typically of a sort designed for use in \u003cem\u003esermones ad status\u003c\/em\u003e, he applies to\u003cbr\u003evicious and virtuous activities, and perhaps particularly ones peculiar to Ireland. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlthough Malachy the Irishman and his \u003cem\u003eOn Poison\u003c\/em\u003e have received only a handful of scholarly notices in the last century, in the later Middle Ages, his was a widely known book. A lengthy introduction presents evidence for the wide circulation of Malachy's text and the little that is known of the\u003cbr\u003eauthor. It further addresses literary issues: the work's genre, hovering between a treatise on vices and virtues, a compendium of scientific information, and a handbook for preachers; Malachy's efforts at compilation of authoritative materials; and a preliminary account of some early users, \u003cbr\u003eincluding William Langland and Robert Holcot. The introduction concludes by examining the insuperable difficulties involved in editing the text. The centre of the volume presents an annotated preliminary text and translation, together with some account of early interpolations the text received. The\u003cbr\u003evolume concludes with three indexes, one with all biblical citations, one of all Malachy's other citations, and a third of Malachy's \u003cem\u003esimilitudines\u003c\/em\u003e, his moralised scientific information.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ralph Hanna\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1789622190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781789622195\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liverpool University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/31\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRalph Hanna is Professor of Palaeography (Emeritus) and Emeritus Fellow at Keble College, Oxford. He is a former Guggenheim Fellow, former Fellow of the Radcliffe Institute (Harvard University), and winner of the British Academy Sir Israel Gollancz Prize for English Language 2015. His books include Editing Medieval Texts (Liverpool University Press, 2015), Introducing English Medieval Book History: Manuscripts, their Producers and their Readers (Liverpool University Press, 2013) and Richard Rolle: Unprinted Latin Writings (Liverpool University Press, 2019).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ralph Hanna","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44077402325247,"sku":"9781789622195","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_741c0ee2-4f6f-46fa-bf54-443ccd9aa00a.jpg?v=1685469777","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/malachy-the-irishman-on-poison-ralph-hanna-9781789622195","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}