{"product_id":"the-golden-legend-jacobus-de-voragine-9780691154077","title":"The Golden Legend: Readings on the Saints","description":"\u003cp\u003eDepicting the lives of the saints in an array of factual and fictional stories, \u003ci\u003eThe Golden Legend\u003c\/i\u003e was perhaps the most widely read book, after the Bible, during the late Middle Ages. It was compiled around 1260 by Jacobus de Voragine, a scholarly friar and later archbishop of Genoa, whose purpose was to captivate, encourage, and edify the faithful, while preserving a vast store of information pertaining to the legends and traditions of the church. In this translation, the first in English of the complete text, William Granger Ryan captures the immediacy of this rich work, which offers an important guide for readers interested in medieval art and literature and, more generally, in popular religious culture. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Arranged according to the order of saints' feast days, these fascinating stories are now combined into one volume. This edition also features an introduction by Eamon Duffy contextualizing the work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jacobus De Voragine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691154074\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691154077\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/22\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 816\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.10w x 1.80d","brand":"Jacobus De Voragine","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44046508654847,"sku":"9780691154077","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9c1ad54e-1306-4e25-b611-aca841f657df.jpg?v=1684984949","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-golden-legend-jacobus-de-voragine-9780691154077","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}